1 RArcInfo is a package for the R statistical program to import Arc/Info
2 V7.x binary coverages. It is based on the library Avcelib written by
5 Currently, RArcInfo supports most of the file formats stored by these
6 type of coverages. The geographical information (arcs, polygons,
7 topological relationships, etc.) are stored using lists, but all the
8 tables containing related information are imported into a data frame.
10 Once the desired data are imported, the user can draw maps, even
11 filling the polygons according to the value of a given
12 covariate. Although R is not designed for heavy G.I.S. work, this
13 package is very helpful to work with binary coverages inside R.