read.topo {oce} | R Documentation |
Read a file that contains topographic data in the ETOPO2 dataset, as provided by the NOAA website.
read.topo(file, log.action)
file |
name of a file containing an ETOPO2 dataset. |
log.action |
if provided, the action item to be stored in the log. (Typically only provided for internal calls; the default that it provides is better for normal calls by a user.) |
An object of type class
"topo"
,
which is a list containing the following items.
data |
a data frame containing lat ,
lon , and z |
metadata |
a list containing the source filename |
processing.log |
a processing log, in the standard oce
format. |
Dan Kelley
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/gdas/gd_designagrid.html
## Not run: library(oce) topo.maritimes <- read.topo("~/maritimes.asc") plot(topo.maritimes) ## End(Not run)