[R-sig-Geo] readOGR and non-ascii characters

[Agustin Lobo]

Hi!

I have problems at reading a shp file with readOGR(), names with
non-ascii characters (accents ',`) in the dbf table are imported as i.e.
Barber\x85 del Vall\x8as

while I can read them fine with OpenOffice Calc

Is there any way I can state the character set of the dbf file in readOGR()?

Thanks

Agus

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