[R-sig-Geo] creating hexagons around points

[Greg Snow]

The last example in the help for my.symbols in the TeachingDemos package shows one way to plot hexagons around points.  Turning that into a shape file is a bit more of a challenge.

Hope this helps,

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Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
greg.snow at imail.org
(801) 408-8111



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> [mailto:r-sig-geo-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of milton ruser
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 1:43 PM
> To: r-sig-geo at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: [R-sig-Geo] creating hexagons around points
>
> Dear all,
>
> I have a set of XY (utm) coordinates and I need to create
> hexagons around the points and save if as Shape file.
> I found some examples that subdivide an area on hexagonal
> regions (very interesting, provided by Roger Bivand), but I
> don´t found how to create a hexagon around a midpoint.
>
> Any help are welcome.
>
> Miltinho Astronauta
> Brazil
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