[R-sig-Geo] maps with R

[Hans-Jörg Bibiko]

>> Just i want to know how to make maps of chinese provinces with R

Maybe look at http://ciesin.org/

and

look for "China GIS" at

http://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/eidata/resources.jsp


you get

http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/china/

and

http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/china/admin/bnd9071/bnd9071.html
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/china/admin/bnd90/bnd90.html

Then you can use the libraries "RArcInfo", "sp", "maptools", and  
"rgdal" to convert that e00 file


Maybe this helps.

Cheers

Hans-Jörg

PS Also please read CIESIN's data policies.

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