2012-04-15 18:57:19 +02:00
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RArcInfo is a package for the R statistical program to import Arc/Info
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V7.x binary coverages. It is based on the library Avcelib written by
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Daniel Morissette.
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2005-11-04 09:09:31 +01:00
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Currently, RArcInfo supports most of the file formats stored by these
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type of coverages. The geographical information (arcs, polygons,
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topological relationships, etc.) are stored using lists, but all the
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tables containing related information are imported into a data frame.
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2012-04-15 18:57:19 +02:00
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Once the desired data are imported, the user can draw maps, even
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filling the polygons according to the value of a given
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covariate. Although R is not designed for heavy G.I.S. work, this
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package is very helpful to work with binary coverages inside R.
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