data-raw/USA_state_boundaries_datacreate.R

In iembry-USGS/states2k: United States of America (USA) State Boundaries, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

# Source 1: use proj4 to specify Robinson projection with R ggmap and ggplot2 packages? - Geographic Information Systems Stack Exchange (https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/44387/use-proj4-to-specify-robinson-projection-with-r-ggmap-and-ggplot2-packages). Question by Abe on Dec 19 2012 & Answer by radek on Dec 20 2012


library("rgdal")

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USA_state_boundaries_info <- ogrInfo("/inst/shapefiles/states2k/", "states2k")
save(USA_state_boundaries_info, file = "/data/USA_state_boundaries_info.RData", compress = "xz")

USA_state_boundaries_map <- readOGR("/inst/shapefiles/states2k/", "states2k")
save(USA_state_boundaries_map, file = "/data/USA_state_boundaries_map.RData", compress = "xz")

USA_state_boundaries_summary <- summary(USA_state_boundaries_map)
save(USA_state_boundaries_summary, file = "/data/USA_state_boundaries_summary.RData", compress = "xz")
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