[R-sig-Geo] Rshhs() import problem

[Roger Bivand]

On Wed, 9 Dec 2009, Maik Renner wrote:

> Dear R-Geographers,
>
> I am trying to use the GSHHS shoreline data for annotating my maps.
> I used Rgshhs() from the package maptools to import it into R as a
> Spatial object.
> However it seems that there is a problem due to the new version of
> gshhs_2.0.zip.
> In the help gshhs_1.11.zip is referred.
>
> Here is my example:
>
>>      NZx <- c(160,180)
>>      NZy <- c(-50,-30)
>> NZ <- Rgshhs("gshhs_c.b", xlim=NZx, ylim=NZy)
> Error in Rgshhs("gshhs_c.b",  :
>  Data not same version as software
>
> Is this a bug in Rshhs() or do I need some external librarys?

Please use gshhs_1.11.zip until an update can be made. Maybe 
gshhs_1.12.zip will also work, but 2.0 will not, as the C struct 
definition has been changed.

Roger

>
> Any suggestions welcome.
>

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