[R] Building US maps in R

[stefan.duke at gmail.com]

Hi DD,

if you have a .shp file (which in principal should exist of the kind
of map your describing) you can load into R using this packages:
http://r-spatial.sourceforge.net/

In addition, there is also the R-Geo list which is much more suited
for this kind of questions:
r-sig-geo at stat.math.ethz.ch

And there is always "the" book when it comes to R and spatial modeling
(Applied Spatial Data Analysis With R):
http://www.asdar-book.org/

Best of luck,
Stefan

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 3:55 AM, Dirty D <dirtyd at overdetermined.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to build some maps of the US by county that will have the
> following characteristics:
>
> Feature/Map
>        Map 1
>        Map2
>        Both
> Broken out by county
>        Yes
>        Yes
>        Yes
> Heatmaps of US Census Data for income by county
>        Yes
>        No
>        Yes
> Heatmaps of US Census Data for race by county (recoded as white and
> &non-white, with each county color coded based on the majority)
>        No
>        Yes
>        No
> Polygon markers showing the coordinates of a list of restaurants that
> have geographical coordinates attached
>        Yes
>        Yes
>        Yes
>
>
> I started learning R a year ago, but had to drop it for work reasons. Is
> there someone on the list who can help guide me through the process or
> refer me to /very, very/ detailed instructions and tutorials?
>
> Thanks,
>
> DD
>
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