[R] Map with no political border

Jim Lemon jim at bitwrit.com.au
Wed Jul 30 11:31:15 CEST 2014


On Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:18:13 AM Julien Million wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to plot a map without political borders, but not black... I
> am mainly using the maps package, and wanted to know if it was 
possible
> with this one, or if I should use something else, like shape file.
> 
> If I do
> 
> library(maps)
> map(fill=T)
> 
> I have a map of the world filled in black. I would like to do the same but
> with another color and with no political borders (only filled land areas).
> If I do
> 
> map(fill=T, col=³blue²)
> 
> the borders are automatically added, and I cannot find a way to 
remove
> them as the parameters boundary or interior are ignored if fill is true.
> 
Hi Julien,
Try this:

par(fg="blue")
map("world",fill=TRUE,col="blue")

Jim



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