Thanks! Identical error with read.dbf(). I'll try to change the names of the fields with OO or QGIS and will let you know. Agus -- View this message in context: http://r-sig-geo.2731867.n2.nabble.com/Error-at-reading-shape-file-readOGR-tp5062752p5062839.html Sent from the R-sig-geo mailing list archive at Nabble.com.