[R-sig-Geo] rgdal on MAC

[Daniel]

Yeah, Roger. That was amazing, works like a charm.
I almost believe that I couldn't open my counties shape on R. Thanks
for prompt help.

brasil <- readOGR("/Users/daniel/bases/maps/Brasil/55mu2500gsr.shp",
"55mu2500gsr", input_field_name_encoding="iso-8859-1")
OGR data source with driver: ESRI Shapefile
Source: "/Users/daniel/bases/maps/Brasil/55mu2500gsr.shp", layer: "55mu2500gsr"
with 5566 features and 9 fields
Feature type: wkbPolygon with 2 dimensions

> for(i in 1:length(names(brasil))) {
+   if (class(brasil[[i]]) == "factor") {
+     brasil[[i]] <- factor(iconv(brasil[[i]], from="latin1", to="utf-8"))
+   }
+ }
> plot(brasil)

Daniel

On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 5:16 AM, Roger Bivand <Roger.Bivand at nhh.no> wrote:
> On Wed, 19 May 2010, steven mosher wrote:
>
>> On Cran it indicates that the package is not available on MAC (OSX 10.5.8)
>> Is that the whole story?
>> Is it a situation that will change or am I missing something. I've left a
>> similar Q on the Mac Sig, but havent  got any feedback
>
> It is always possible to use the instructions on the CRAN page under
> SystemRequirements: - that is install the external dependencies, for example
> using Kyngchaos' frameworks, and install from source, or from an OSX binary
> rgdal package at the same site. This probably gives a larger set of drivers.
>
> For those who prefer a Leopard-style binary with the same minimal set of
> drivers that we have on CRAN for Win32 and Win64: I can with pleasure thank
> Brian Ripley for making both 32-bit and 64-bit Intel versions available on
> CRAN extras - on OSX use:
>
>> setRepositories(ind=1:2)
>> install.packages('rgdal')
>
> Please report back on whether this advice was helpful.
>
> Roger
>
>
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