getCountryList: Identify polygon name from the worldHires dataset
In loicdtx/VCF: Utilities for working with the Landsat based tree cover data

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Check for names of polygons matching the character provided (usually the name of a country). Usefull prior to performing a getPR operation for identifying the polygon name to use in the query.

1	getCountryList(country)

country

character. Usually the name of a country.

The first letter of polygon names is often capitalized in the worldHires dataset.

A character list

Loïc Dutrieux

getPR

# PLot Texel island (an island on the coast of the Netherlands)
list <- getCountryList('Netherlands')
list
map('worldHires', list[7], exact=TRUE, fill=TRUE)