[R-sig-Geo] Aligning an image with a map

[Tom Gottfried]

Am 05.07.2012 10:36, schrieb Cave, Mark R.:
> I have a jpeg image which I wish to overlay on a map. What is the best approach?

Surely not the best but one approach: georectify the image with GRASS 
and e.g. save it as a GeoTIFF that can be imported with rgdal (readGDAL()).

HTH,
Tom

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> Dr Mark Cave
> Medical Geology Project Leader
> British Geological Survey
> Keyworth
> Nottingham
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