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I have obtained shapefiles for Indian states from here: http://www.maptell.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=159&func=fileinfo&filecatid=115&parent=category Problem: I want to extract centroid coordinates for each State, but there is some coding problem with the shapefiles that prevents this. #Code: #After extracting the shapefiles from the india_state.zip file, then:

I have just learned how to play with map, but something weird (or not) is happening. Suppose I want to draw a map of two countries (that have disconnected components), like Argentina and Brazil. If I command: library(maps) library(mapdata) map("worldHires", c("Argentina", "Brazil")) It works fine. However, if I want to _colour_ the interior: