gmt-package {gmt} | R Documentation |
Interface between GMT 4.0 map-making software and R, enabling the user to manipulate geographic data within R and call GMT programs to draw and annotate maps in postscript format.
Initialize GMT session:
gmt | set graphical parameters and postscript file |
pscoast | draw |
psxy | annotate |
pstext | annotate |
psbar | annotate |
psclose | finalize |
deg2num | degrees to numeric |
geodist | distance between coordinates |
demo.par , demo.coast , demo.xy , demo.text , demo.bar | strings and data frames that make up a map |
gmt.system , r2gmt | not really intended for the end user |
Additional details are found on the help(package="gmt")
page.
Arni Magnusson arnima@u.washington.edu.
Wessel, P. and W.H.F. Smith. 2004. The Generic Mapping Tools: Technical reference and cookbook. Version 4. Available at http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/doc/pdf/GMT_Docs.pdf.
Other packages that can be used to draw maps include: GRASS, maps and PBSmapping.