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I cannot use functions from packages to do maps on R as I cannot find a way to enable gpclibPermit().

I have read the solutions here and here. but not luck.

I have installed and run successfully the following packages:

  • maptools
  • ggplot2
  • (c("sp", "maptools"))
  • rgeos
  • rgda
  • gpclib

And yet I keep getting the message:

gpclibPermit() FALSE

gpclibPermitStatus() FALSE

What am I doing wrong?! I also updated all my packages (successfully)...

Thanks!

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Unless someone has a better answer, I think I found my explanation here:

Whilst R told me that the package gclib was somehow installed, it looks like it wouldn't work as new versions of R do not support this package (apparently it used to crash the system etc.) rgeos is suggested elsewhere as a suitable alternative.

Hope this helps other newbies of mapping in R like myself.

Cheers

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  • Newbies in mapping with R ask question here: http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/r –  Jun 22 '15 at 02:58
  • i'm up against the same problem. How do you use rgeos as an alternative? – Ajax Jun 23 '15 at 17:31