>>>>> Alex Deckmyn <alex.deck...@meteo.be>
>>>>> on Fri, 31 Jul 2015 19:48:49 +0200 writes:
> First of all, I would like to thank Ray for his many years of taking care
of maps, mapdata and mapproj, and for his confidence in my taking over. I hope
to keep the packages running smoothly.
Indeed, thanks to Ray and you (and I am also happy to have heard
from Ray about many positive responses !)
> I think R-sig-Geo is the best place to discuss future developments and
will be posting there soon.
I agree ... but the following is not about 'maps' in particular,
but package maintenance / compatibility ....
> As Ray mentioned, I (with his help & feedback) have been preparing an
updated world map. I am going to be very cautious, but the many changes in
country names (post-1990 Europe!) mean that any package or code that uses maps
by calling map('world',region=...) to create a map using country names, could
be affected. Maintainers of packages calling "maps" may want to contact me to
make sure I don't break anything. In any case, I am currently testing a beta
version that includes the old data set as a fall back.
I know these data sets are not very small, but I would still
strongly recommend that you
keep the old map, say as "world198x" (and change the "x" to a
digit if you know which one, or the "8x" to "7y" ... etc).
Storage and bandwidth have become considerably cheaper and so
the package could provide (almost) back compatibility ... and
also something interesting in itself (comparison of two very
similar maps with R; teaching, history, ...).
Best regards,
Martin
> Alex
> ---
> Dr. Alex Deckmyn e-mail: alex.deck...@meteo.be
> Royal Meteorological Institute http://www.meteo.be
> Ringlaan 3, 1180 Ukkel, Belgium tel. (32)(2)3730646
> I have been somewhat surprised by the number of positive responses to my
> message. I have found a candidate for the position of maintainer of the
> maps, mapdata and mapproj packages. I have confidence that Alex Deckmyn
> <alex.deck...@meteo.be> will do at least as good a job as I have done in
> this regard.
> The current (recent) releases of the packages still have my name as
> maintainer, but the address specified points to my (now) old work
> address which will autorespond to say I have now retired. However in
> practise, I will still be able to read and respond to such emails for
> the foreseeable future.
> Among other improvements, Alex is working on setting up a more accurate
> "world" database for maps and will submit this once it has been fully
> tested.
> Thanks everyone for your support.
> Ray Brownrigg
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