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
From: "Jonathan Callahan"
To: "Alex"
Cc: "Martin Maechler" ,
r-package-devel@r-project.org
Sent: Friday, 31 July
20:31:30
Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] new maintainer sought for maps packages
Alex,
Thank you for addressing the #1 issue with the 'maps' package. I have several
clients and colleagues that I have pushed to use R for mapping but it's always
embarrassing to say they have to either 1: accept
Please do make the new code available for testing. Those of us developing
packages that import 'maps' would love the chance to test our code against
the new version of the package.
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Alex Deckmyn
wrote:
> Martin,
>
> The old data set will certainly stay for a whil
Martin,
The old data set will certainly stay for a while (or indeed indefinitely, why
not). To make the transition as smooth as possible (I am aware that "maps" is
used in more places than I can ever check myself) I am including the
possibility of switching back to "legacy" mode using an envir
Alex,
Thank you for addressing the #1 issue with the 'maps' package. I have
several clients and colleagues that I have pushed to use R for mapping but
it's always embarrassing to say they have to either 1: accept Soviet Union
era borders or 2: embrace the complexity of the 'sp' package.
Updating
> Alex Deckmyn
> 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 a
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.
I think R-sig-Geo is the best place to discuss future developments and will be
posting there soon. As
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
will do at least as good a job as I have done in
this regard.
The current
I am about to retire from my 'day job' and will therefore have little
further association with acadaemia/research in general or R in
particular. I am currently maintainer for the 3 mapping packages maps,
mapdata and mapproj.
Is there anyone out there who would be willing to take this on?
I h
