Dear Rgeos,

Id like to know if there is some workaround to import  the lines contained
by a shape file, avoiding memory problems when the only thing you need is
the lines it contains.

I mean, reading the lines of the world's coast lines can be done in a
instant with:

wcoastline <- PBSmapping::importShapefile("GSHHS_c_L1.shp")#

However, reading a relatively small region, like the brazilian atlantic
forest, seems impossible for my little laptop.  I tried all of these
possibilities.

AF=PBSmapping::importShapefile("mata_atlantica.shp")
AF=rgdal::readOGR("dir",layer="mata_atlantica")
AF=shapefiles::read.shp("mata_atlantica.shp")

Any hint would be very welcome.
Thanks
Agus



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Agustín Camacho Guerrero.
Doutor em Zoologia.
Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de
Biociências, USP.
Rua do Matão, trav. 14, nº 321, Cidade Universitária,
São Paulo - SP, CEP: 05508-090, Brasil.

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