lats2Shape: Converting a Table of Latitudes and Longitudes to a Shapefile
In fossil: Palaeoecological and Palaeogeographical Analysis Tools

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A helper function to convert a table of latitudes and longitudes (and associated attributes, if applicable) into a shapefile

1	lats2Shape(lats)

lats

a table with a latitude and longitude column respectively with associated attributes

The table to be converted must contain as it's first two columns the latitude (or Y) and longitude (or X) values to be converted. Any other number of columns in any format can also be attached, and will be included in the attribute table.

A shapefile object which can be written to file using write.shapefile

Matthew Vavrek

msn2Shape

## Not run: 
#use fdata.lats as dataset
data(fdata.lats)
shape.lats<-lats2Shape(fdata.lats)
write.shapefile(shape.lats, file='/path/to/write/lats')

## End(Not run)