init: Initiate a geoplot (??)
In geo: Draw and Annotate Maps, Especially Charts of the North Atlantic

Description Usage Arguments Value Note See Also

Initiate a geoplot (??).

init(lat, lon = 0, type = "p", pch = "*", xlim = c(0, 0), ylim = c(0, 0),
  b0 = 65, r = 1.05, country = island, xlab = "Longitude", ylab = "Latitude",
  option = "cut", grid = T, new = F, cont = F, cex = 0.7, col = 1,
  lcont = c(0.13, 0.21), plotit = T, reitur = F, smareitur = F, reittext = F,
  axratio = 1, lwd = 0, axlabels = T, oldpar, projection = "Mercator",
  b1 = 65, dlat = 0, dlon = 0, command = 0, jitter = 0, xaxdist, yaxdist)

List of arguments similar to that of geoplot:

`lat, lon`	Latitude and longitude
`type`	Plot method
`pch`	Plot character
`xlim, ylim`	Plot limits
`b0`	Base latitude
`r`	Plot ratio, multiplier on `diff(x_or_ylim)`
`country`	Country to be plotted, default `island`
`xlab, ylab`	Labels for x- and y-axes, default `"Longitude", "Latitude"`
`option`	Method of determining plot extent, default `"cut"`
`grid`	Should a grid be drawn, default `TRUE`
`new`	Plot control, default `FALSE` adds plot to current plot
`cont`	For use with contours: should space be reserved for contour labels? Default `FALSE`
`cex`	Character size expansion
`col`	Color, default 1, usually black
`lcont`	Contour lable space allocation, default c(0.13, 0.21)
`plotit`	If FALSE plot is only initialized but not plotted. If used other programs are used to fill the plot (geolines, geocontour, geopolygon etc). Most often used in multiple plots.
`reitur`	Should the grid be that of statistical rectangles?
`smareitur`	Should the grid be that of statistical sub–rectangles?
`reittext`	Should the rectangles be labelled?
`axratio`	Parameter usually not changed by the user.
`lwd`	Line width
`axlabels`	If FALSE no numbers are plotted on the axes. Default value is TRUE.
`oldpar`	The old par–list, from the parent geoplot–call
`projection`	Projection, default `Mercator`
`b1`	Second latitude for Lambert projection
`dlat, dlon`	Defines the grid, to make a grid on the axes, 1 is a number on axis and a line at every deg. Not usualy set by user.
`command`	The parent `geoplot` command is included, although for what purpose isn't quite clear??
`jitter`	Random jitter to accentuate repeated values. Default no jitter (`jitter = 0`)
`xaxdist, yaxdist`	Distance from plot to the labels on axes (dist or r argument to geoaxis). Default values `0.2, 0.3` but higher values mean that axlabels are further away from the plot. Further flexibility with axes can be reached by calling geoplot with axlabels = FALSE and geoaxis aferwards.