[R-sig-Geo] Get projection from shapefile

[François Morneau]

Hello Philippe,

You should have a look a the readOGR function in the package rgdal.

François
Le 26/07/2013 15:46, philippe massicotte a écrit :
> Hi everyone.
> I'm using maptools (readShapePoints) to read some shapefiles. However, when I try proj4string(myshp) it returns me NA. I opened the shapefile in QGIS and ArcGIS to ensure there was a projection associated to the file.
> I was wondering if there was a way to retrieve the projection of a shapefile?
> Thank in advance,Phil 		 	   		
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