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maps

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Draw Geographical Maps

View on CRAN: Click here

Download and install maps package within the R console
Install from CRAN:

 install.packages("maps")

Install from Github:

 library("remotes")

                        install_github("cran/maps")

Install by package version:

 library("remotes")

                        install_version("maps", "3.4.3")

Attach the package and use:

 library("maps")

Maintained by
Alex Deckmyn
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First Published: 2003-10-07

Latest Update: 2025-05-26

Description:

Display of maps. Projection code and larger maps are in separate packages ('mapproj' and 'mapdata').

How to cite:

Alex Deckmyn (2003). maps: Draw Geographical Maps. R package version 3.4.3, https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/maps. Accessed 12 Aug. 2026.

Previous versions and publish date:

(2026-07-09 06:27), 2.0-3 (2003-10-07 19:23), 2.0-4 (2003-10-08 07:37), 2.0-5 (2003-10-09 09:50), 2.0-6 (2003-10-11 10:41), 2.0-7 (2003-10-14 00:19), 2.0-8 (2003-10-30 09:44), 2.0-9 (2003-11-06 08:08), 2.0-10 (2003-11-13 08:46), 2.0-11 (2003-11-24 00:49), 2.0-12 (2003-11-29 21:21), 2.0-13 (2003-12-12 07:34), 2.0-14 (2004-02-05 09:20), 2.0-15 (2004-02-13 23:22), 2.0-18 (2004-03-03 07:48), 2.0-20 (2004-04-06 12:18), 2.0-21 (2004-06-02 10:40), 2.0-22 (2004-07-19 17:42), 2.0-23 (2004-09-25 11:08), 2.0-24 (2004-10-28 08:35), 2.0-25 (2004-11-04 16:45), 2.0-26 (2005-01-17 12:45), 2.0-27 (2005-04-29 13:28), 2.0-28 (2005-12-19 09:31), 2.0-30 (2005-12-20 11:30), 2.0-31 (2006-02-07 16:03), 2.0-32 (2006-09-29 13:09), 2.0-33 (2007-01-30 09:46), 2.0-35 (2007-02-14 10:29), 2.0-36 (2007-04-26 19:55), 2.0-37 (2007-09-05 09:11), 2.0-38 (2007-09-12 12:32), 2.0-39 (2007-10-14 11:48), 2.0-40 (2008-04-17 18:08), 2.1-0 (2009-03-21 10:09), 2.1-1 (2010-02-08 10:03), 2.1-2 (2010-04-20 07:01), 2.1-3 (2010-05-17 11:00), 2.1-4 (2010-05-25 19:09), 2.1-5 (2010-09-24 08:46), 2.1-6 (2011-05-03 09:28), 2.2-1 (2011-11-03 12:48), 2.2-2 (2011-11-09 09:03), 2.2-3 (2011-12-13 09:36), 2.2-4 (2012-01-12 10:24), 2.2-5 (2012-01-15 21:48), 2.2-6 (2012-05-15 08:38), 2.2-8 (2012-12-06 08:59), 2.3-0 (2012-12-11 15:55), 2.3-2 (2013-03-13 07:24), 2.3-3 (2013-08-08 08:08), 2.3-6 (2013-09-06 06:36), 2.3-7 (2014-06-03 07:13), 2.3-9 (2014-09-22 08:37), 2.3-10 (2015-07-09 14:47), 2.3-11 (2015-08-03 11:44), 3.0.0-1 (2015-09-28 09:26), 3.0.0-2 (2015-10-02 22:01), 3.0.0 (2015-09-27 10:20), 3.0.1 (2015-12-04 08:40), 3.0.2 (2016-01-04 11:05), 3.1.0 (2016-02-13 19:01), 3.1.1 (2016-07-27 18:47), 3.2.0 (2017-06-08 07:00), 3.3.0 (2018-04-03 10:24), 3.4.0 (2021-09-25 22:40), 3.4.1.1 (2023-11-03 07:10), 3.4.1 (2022-10-31 00:27), 3.4.2.1 (2024-11-10 12:14), 3.4.2 (2023-12-15 13:40)

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Complete documentation for maps

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Functions, R codes and Examples using the maps R package

Some associated functions: Spatial2map . area.map . canada.cities . county.fips . county . france . identify.map . internal . internal2 . iso.expand . iso3166 . italy . lakes . map.axes . map.cities . map . map.scale . map.text . map.where . match.map . nz . ozone . polygon . smooth.map . state.carto . state.fips . state . state.vbm . us.cities . usa . world.cities . world . world2 .
Some associated R codes: read_external.R . zzz.R . Full maps package functions and examples

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