PBSmapping

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Mapping Fisheries Data and Spatial Analysis Tools

Jon T. Schnute, Nicholas Boers, Rowan Haigh

Last update: 4 November 2023

Copyright license: GNU General Public License, version 3.0, GNU General Public License, version 2.0

Software version identifier: 2.73.2, 2.65.40, 2.66.53, 2.67.60, 2.68.68, 2.69.76, 2.70.4, 2.70.5, 2.72.1, 2.73.0, 2.73.1, 2.73.2, 2.73.4

Source code repository: https://github.com/cran/PBSmapping

Description

This software has evolved from fisheries research conducted at the Pacific Biological Station (PBS) in 'Nanaimo', British Columbia, Canada. It extends the R language to include two-dimensional plotting features similar to those commonly available in a Geographic Information System (GIS). Embedded C code speeds algorithms from computational geometry, such as finding polygons that contain specified point events or converting between longitude-latitude and Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates. Additionally, we include 'C++' code developed by Angus Johnson for the 'Clipper' library, data for a global shoreline, and other data sets in the public domain. Under the user's R library directory '.libPaths()', specifically in './PBSmapping/doc', a complete user's guide is offered and should be consulted to use package functions effectively.