[R-SIG-Mac]making maps a la usa()

[Stefano Iacus]

Phil,

if there is no source code to compile there is no platform issue at all.
Can you give me some coordinates of such ports for other platforms?
Stefano


On Mercoledì, febbraio 27, 2002, at 02:05 , Phil Price wrote:

> I need to make some maps, showing states in the U.S. with highlighting, 
> superimposed bars of adjustable length and width, etc...the sort of 
> thing one would use usa() for in S.  An archive search finds that there 
> are some platform-specific ports, but not for OS X.
>
> I'm not sure why this is a platform-specific issue, really: it seems 
> like usa() (and related map functions) could be written using R's 
> graphics functions, and I'm kinda surprised if that's not the way it 
> was originally done.
>
> Is there an R solution for this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --Phil Price
>   Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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