[R-pkg-devel] problem with locale-dependent order()

2015-09-18 Thread Alex Deckmyn
quot;) ord.nam <- order(nam) Sys.setlocale("LC_COLLATE",lcc) This seems to work fine on my linux PC, but I am not sure about other platforms (Windows, OS-X...), though the "C" locale should be standard. Is this safe? Or is there a better way to get the right ordering? Ale

Re: [R-pkg-devel] new maintainer sought for maps packages

2015-08-03 Thread Alex Deckmyn
dded a simple table and lookup function which could be used as > map('world',region=iso3166(c('BE','NL'))) There will soon be an updated high resolution map too (it is already accessible in a test package https://github.com/adeckmyn/mapdataNE). Alex ---

Re: [R-pkg-devel] new maintainer sought for maps packages

2015-07-31 Thread Alex Deckmyn
maSpatialUtils package originated with the outdated world map in the 'maps' package. Best Regards, Jon On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Alex Deckmyn < alex.deck...@meteo.be > wrote: First of all, I would like to thank Ray for his many years of taking care of maps, mapdata

Re: [R-pkg-devel] new maintainer sought for maps packages

2015-07-31 Thread Alex Deckmyn
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

Re: [R-pkg-devel] new maintainer sought for maps packages

2015-07-31 Thread Alex Deckmyn
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. Alex --- Dr. Alex Deckmyn e-mail: alex.deck...@m