Dear all,

I have some large shapefiles containing the relevant maps (e.g.,
shapefile of European NUTS2 regions). I need only part of it: let's say,
I need Italian NUTS2 regions, i.e. shapes 832:934 of 1024. 

Of course I can plot specific parts by restricting to the relevant areas
through plot.Map(.., recs=832:934). For some other purposes, though, it
could be useful to subset the Map object. 

Being able to subset the original shapefile would solve the problem and
also give some "value added": e.g., allowing automated spatial weight
construction through GeoDa for the relevant part of the shapefile only.
Thus, maybe this is not really an R-related question and it boils down
to shapefile-tools. I will be grateful for any insight anyway.

Cheers
Giovanni Millo
Trieste, Italy
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