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

[Roger Bivand]

On Wed, 9 Dec 2009, Roger Bivand wrote:

> 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.

maptools_0.7-29.tar.gz has been submitted to CRAN, and includes support 
for GSHHS 2.0 with the new headers - support for earlier formats has been 
dropped.

Roger


>
> Roger
>
>> 
>> Any suggestions welcome.
>> 
>
>

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