[R-sig-Geo] SpatialLines to SpatialPolygons convertion

[Hans-Jörg Bibiko]

Hi,

I have a short question.
Is there any workaround available which tries to convert a list of  
SpatialLines to a list of SpatialPolygons objects?

In my case I have a list of Lines objects coming from a gshhs  
(shorelines) file. The list represents 8 polygons of a given xlim/ 
ylim. Now I'd like to convert the list into 8 polygons in order to  
draw them filled out.

I could do it 'manually' and try close these lines heuristically but  
maybe there's already such a workaround available.

Thanks for any hint in advance!

--Hans

PS The new maptools release is really nice :) Thanks!