Are there any easy function to parse WKT and convert it into a sp object?
E.g.  to parse 

 

"MULTILINESTRING((-88.06354 41.80337,-88.06415 41.80297,-88.06447
41.80288,-88.06566 41.80275,-88.06586 41.80277,-88.06596 41.80284,-88.06598
41.8029,-88.06592 41.80433,-88.06592 41.80449,-88.06598 41.8047,-88.06599
41.80619,-88.06598 41.80623,-88.06594 41.80628,-88.06588 41.80628,-88.06523
41.80602,-88.0646 41.8058))"

 

Or

 

"POINT(-88.06594 41.80628)"


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