There is also the package maptools if you want or need to read
ESRI shapefiles.

Regards,

Christoph Buser

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m p writes:
> Hello,
> is there a package in R that would allow map drawing:
> coastlines, country/state boundaries, maybe
> topography,
> rivers etc?
> Thanks for any guidance,
> Mark
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