coast: Display Gulf Coast

In TobieSurette/gulf.spatial: DFO Gulf Region Spatial Functions

Display Gulf Coast

Description

Displays the coast and landmass surrounding the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

Usage

coast(col = "grey80", border = "grey50", lwd = 0.4, ...)

coastline(col = "grey80", border = "grey50", lwd = 0.4, ...)

Arguments

col	The colour to be used for in-filling the landmass. If
border	The border colour to be used for displaying the coastline.
lwd	Border line width (see par).
...	Further arguments to be passed to the polygon function.
resolution	Character string specifying the resolution of the coastline, topographical and bathymetric data file to be loaded. It may take the following values: ‘low’ (low resolution), ‘intermediate’ (intermediate resolution), ‘high’ (high resolution), or ‘full’ (full resolution).

Value

A spatial object containing the coastline coordinates is returned invisibly.

Functions

• coastline(): Alias for coast

See Also

polygon

Examples

# Display simple map:
plot(c(-66.5, -60), c(45, 49), type = "n")
coast()

# Read coastline data:
x <- coast()

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