There are shapefiles for Europe (and other places) at:
http://www.vdstech.com/map_data.htm (there are 16 polygons withing the one for
Germany, is that enough detail). You can read and plot the shapefiles using the
maptools package.
hope this helps,
Greg Snow, Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center, LDS Hospital
Intermountain Health Care
greg.snow at ihc.com
(801) 408-8111
>>> "Ebersberger, Bernd" <Bernd.Ebersberger at
isi.fraunhofer.de> 07/20/05 01:07AM >>>
dear R-tists,
i want to graph information for the German Federal States (Bundeslaender) using
the maps package. unfortunately there is no maps for the German Bundeslaender.
does anyone have an idea / a source where to get map data that can be used in
the maps package that graphs structures below the country level.
in the long run it would also be interesting to integrate Swiss Cantons and
Austrian Bundesl??nder...
any suggestions are highly appreciated.
thanks
bernd
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bernd ebersberger
fhg isi
b.ebersberger (AT) isi.fhg.de
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