Drawing map shapes with rgdal

Tue, 05 May 2015 11:00:06 +0000

In this post, let us explore the R package rgdal for map shape plotting. We shall attempt to plot the map of Singapore and display major road networks in Singapore.

Pre-requisites

To get the data you need, you can go to a GIS provider. In this post, we shall be using diva-gis.

Steps:

1. Go to: http://www.diva-gis.org/gdata

2. Select ‘Spatial Data Download’

3. Select Country = ‘Singapore’

4. Select Subject = ‘Administrative areas (GADM)’

Rgdal on Yoke Keong

Drawing map shapes with rgdal