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-...@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 <dir...@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 > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
