R help - Nov 2008 - help with maps : center on the dateline

Hi,
I'm trying to plot a map of the pacific ocean, centered on the dateline,
using the maps package.


library(maps) # Basic library to draw maps
library(mapdata)# Library with specialized maps
library(mapproj)

map(database = "world", fill = TRUE, col = 1, plot = TRUE,add=F,  
xlim = c(120,300), ylim = c(-20,40))


I tried several different combinations of coordinates, but whatever I try, it
doesn't plot anything past the dateline.
Is there a way to plot a map like the one attached, with this package ?

thanks !

On 11/7/2008 12:08 PM, Melanie.Abecassis at noaa.gov
wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to plot a map of the pacific ocean, centered on the
dateline, using the maps package.
> 
> 
> library(maps) # Basic library to draw maps
> library(mapdata)# Library with specialized maps
> library(mapproj)
> 
> map(database = "world", fill = TRUE, col = 1, plot = TRUE,add=F,
> xlim = c(120,300), ylim = c(-20,40))
> 
> 
> I tried several different combinations of coordinates, but whatever I try,
it doesn't plot anything past the dateline.
> Is there a way to plot a map like the one attached, with this package ?
Use the world2 (or world2Hires, from mapdata) database.

Duncan Murdoch