spRbind-methods.RdspRbind provides rbind-like methods for Spatial*DataFrame objects
rbind two SpatialPoints objects
rbind two SpatialPointsDataFrame objects
rbind two SpatialLines objects
rbind two SpatialLinesDataFrame objects
rbind two SpatialPolygons objects
rbind two SpatialPolygonsDataFrame objects
In addition to the spRbind-methods, there are also 
rbind-methods for Spatial* objects. The differences are:
spRbind-methods can bind 2 objects, whereas rbind-methods 
     can bind multiple object
some rbind can accept objects with duplicated IDs, for all 
     spRbind-methods these have to be modified explicitly, e.g. by 
     calling spChFIDs-methods
xx <- readShapePoly(system.file("shapes/sids.shp", package="maptools")[1], 
  IDvar="FIPSNO", proj4string=CRS("+proj=longlat +ellps=clrk66"))
#> Warning: shapelib support is provided by GDAL through the sf and terra packages among others
summary(xx)
#> Object of class SpatialPolygonsDataFrame
#> Coordinates:
#>         min       max
#> x -84.32385 -75.45698
#> y  33.88199  36.58965
#> Is projected: FALSE 
#> proj4string : [+proj=longlat +ellps=clrk66 +no_defs]
#> Data attributes:
#>       AREA          PERIMETER         CNTY_         CNTY_ID            NAME   
#>  Min.   :0.0420   Min.   :0.999   Min.   :1825   Min.   :1825   Alamance : 1  
#>  1st Qu.:0.0910   1st Qu.:1.324   1st Qu.:1902   1st Qu.:1902   Alexander: 1  
#>  Median :0.1205   Median :1.609   Median :1982   Median :1982   Alleghany: 1  
#>  Mean   :0.1263   Mean   :1.673   Mean   :1986   Mean   :1986   Anson    : 1  
#>  3rd Qu.:0.1542   3rd Qu.:1.859   3rd Qu.:2067   3rd Qu.:2067   Ashe     : 1  
#>  Max.   :0.2410   Max.   :3.640   Max.   :2241   Max.   :2241   Avery    : 1  
#>                                                                 (Other)  :94  
#>       FIPS        FIPSNO         CRESS_ID          BIR74           SID74      
#>  37001  : 1   Min.   :37001   Min.   :  1.00   Min.   :  248   Min.   : 0.00  
#>  37003  : 1   1st Qu.:37050   1st Qu.: 25.75   1st Qu.: 1077   1st Qu.: 2.00  
#>  37005  : 1   Median :37100   Median : 50.50   Median : 2180   Median : 4.00  
#>  37007  : 1   Mean   :37100   Mean   : 50.50   Mean   : 3300   Mean   : 6.67  
#>  37009  : 1   3rd Qu.:37150   3rd Qu.: 75.25   3rd Qu.: 3936   3rd Qu.: 8.25  
#>  37011  : 1   Max.   :37199   Max.   :100.00   Max.   :21588   Max.   :44.00  
#>  (Other):94                                                                   
#>     NWBIR74           BIR79           SID79          NWBIR79       
#>  Min.   :   1.0   Min.   :  319   Min.   : 0.00   Min.   :    3.0  
#>  1st Qu.: 190.0   1st Qu.: 1336   1st Qu.: 2.00   1st Qu.:  250.5  
#>  Median : 697.5   Median : 2636   Median : 5.00   Median :  874.5  
#>  Mean   :1050.8   Mean   : 4224   Mean   : 8.36   Mean   : 1352.8  
#>  3rd Qu.:1168.5   3rd Qu.: 4889   3rd Qu.:10.25   3rd Qu.: 1406.8  
#>  Max.   :8027.0   Max.   :30757   Max.   :57.00   Max.   :11631.0  
#>                                                                    
xx$FIPSNO
#>   [1] 37001 37003 37005 37007 37009 37011 37013 37015 37017 37019 37021 37023
#>  [13] 37025 37027 37029 37031 37033 37035 37037 37039 37041 37043 37045 37047
#>  [25] 37049 37051 37053 37055 37057 37059 37061 37063 37065 37067 37069 37071
#>  [37] 37073 37075 37077 37079 37081 37083 37085 37087 37089 37091 37093 37095
#>  [49] 37097 37099 37101 37103 37105 37107 37109 37111 37113 37115 37117 37119
#>  [61] 37121 37123 37125 37127 37129 37131 37133 37135 37137 37139 37141 37143
#>  [73] 37145 37147 37149 37151 37153 37155 37157 37159 37161 37163 37165 37167
#>  [85] 37169 37171 37173 37175 37177 37179 37181 37183 37185 37187 37189 37191
#>  [97] 37193 37195 37197 37199
xx1 <- xx[xx$CNTY_ID < 1982,]
xx2 <- xx[xx$CNTY_ID >= 1982,]
xx3 <- spRbind(xx2, xx1)
summary(xx3)
#> Object of class SpatialPolygonsDataFrame
#> Coordinates:
#>         min       max
#> x -84.32385 -75.45698
#> y  33.88199  36.58965
#> Is projected: FALSE 
#> proj4string : [+proj=longlat +ellps=clrk66 +no_defs]
#> Data attributes:
#>       AREA          PERIMETER         CNTY_         CNTY_ID            NAME   
#>  Min.   :0.0420   Min.   :0.999   Min.   :1825   Min.   :1825   Alamance : 1  
#>  1st Qu.:0.0910   1st Qu.:1.324   1st Qu.:1902   1st Qu.:1902   Alexander: 1  
#>  Median :0.1205   Median :1.609   Median :1982   Median :1982   Alleghany: 1  
#>  Mean   :0.1263   Mean   :1.673   Mean   :1986   Mean   :1986   Anson    : 1  
#>  3rd Qu.:0.1542   3rd Qu.:1.859   3rd Qu.:2067   3rd Qu.:2067   Ashe     : 1  
#>  Max.   :0.2410   Max.   :3.640   Max.   :2241   Max.   :2241   Avery    : 1  
#>                                                                 (Other)  :94  
#>       FIPS        FIPSNO         CRESS_ID          BIR74           SID74      
#>  37001  : 1   Min.   :37001   Min.   :  1.00   Min.   :  248   Min.   : 0.00  
#>  37003  : 1   1st Qu.:37050   1st Qu.: 25.75   1st Qu.: 1077   1st Qu.: 2.00  
#>  37005  : 1   Median :37100   Median : 50.50   Median : 2180   Median : 4.00  
#>  37007  : 1   Mean   :37100   Mean   : 50.50   Mean   : 3300   Mean   : 6.67  
#>  37009  : 1   3rd Qu.:37150   3rd Qu.: 75.25   3rd Qu.: 3936   3rd Qu.: 8.25  
#>  37011  : 1   Max.   :37199   Max.   :100.00   Max.   :21588   Max.   :44.00  
#>  (Other):94                                                                   
#>     NWBIR74           BIR79           SID79          NWBIR79       
#>  Min.   :   1.0   Min.   :  319   Min.   : 0.00   Min.   :    3.0  
#>  1st Qu.: 190.0   1st Qu.: 1336   1st Qu.: 2.00   1st Qu.:  250.5  
#>  Median : 697.5   Median : 2636   Median : 5.00   Median :  874.5  
#>  Mean   :1050.8   Mean   : 4224   Mean   : 8.36   Mean   : 1352.8  
#>  3rd Qu.:1168.5   3rd Qu.: 4889   3rd Qu.:10.25   3rd Qu.: 1406.8  
#>  Max.   :8027.0   Max.   :30757   Max.   :57.00   Max.   :11631.0  
#>                                                                    
xx3$FIPSNO
#>   [1] 37007 37013 37017 37019 37021 37025 37031 37035 37039 37043 37045 37047
#>  [13] 37049 37051 37055 37061 37071 37075 37079 37085 37087 37089 37093 37095
#>  [25] 37099 37101 37103 37105 37107 37109 37113 37119 37123 37125 37129 37133
#>  [37] 37137 37141 37147 37149 37153 37155 37161 37163 37165 37167 37173 37175
#>  [49] 37179 37191 37001 37003 37005 37009 37011 37015 37023 37027 37029 37033
#>  [61] 37037 37041 37053 37057 37059 37063 37065 37067 37069 37073 37077 37081
#>  [73] 37083 37091 37097 37111 37115 37117 37121 37127 37131 37135 37139 37143
#>  [85] 37145 37151 37157 37159 37169 37171 37177 37181 37183 37185 37187 37189
#>  [97] 37193 37195 37197 37199