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R: Read shape files

ReadPoly

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Read shape files

Generates a SpatialPolygonsDataFrame from a shape file

ReadPoly(shapefile, proj = GPS, fix.holes = TRUE, ID=NULL)

`shapefile`	Path to a shape file
`proj`	The projection used in the file, default to GPS
`fix.holes`	By default, tries to fix holes in the polygon frame
`ID`	A character vector to be passed to `readShapePoly`. It specifies the name of a column in the .dbf file containing the ID values of the shapes - the values will be converted to a character vector. If NULL (default), the ID of the polygons is taken.

A SpatialPolygonsDataFrame

Mathieu Cossuta, Davide Morselli

## Not run: 
data(GPS)
yu.reg <- ReadPoly("path/to/my/shapefile.shp", proj=GPS)

## End(Not run)