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`CCmaps()`	Conditioned choropleth maps
`ArcObj2SLDF()` `ContourLines2SLDF()` `MapGen2SL()`	Converter functions to build SpatialLinesDataFrame objects
`GE_SpatialGrid()` `Sobj_SpatialGrid()`	Create SpatialGrid for PNG output to GE
`Rgshhs()` `getRgshhsMap()`	Read GSHHS data into sp object
`SpatialLines2PolySet()` `SpatialPolygons2PolySet()` `PolySet2SpatialLines()` `PolySet2SpatialPolygons()`	Convert sp line and polygon objects to PBSmapping PolySet objects
`SpatialLinesMidPoints()`	Line midpoints
`SplashDams`	Data for Splash Dams in western Oregon
`as.SpatialPolygons.tess()`	Coercion of spatstat tess object to sp SpatialPolygons object
`as.im.SpatialGridDataFrame()` `as.SpatialGridDataFrame.im()` `as.im.RasterLayer()`	Coercion between sp objects and spatstat im objects
`as.linnet.SpatialLines()` `coerce(<SpatialLines>,<linnet>)` `coerce(<SpatialLinesDataFrame>,<linnet>)`	Convert SpatialLines to Linear Network
`as.owin.SpatialPolygons()` `as.owin.SpatialGridDataFrame()` `as.owin.SpatialPixelsDataFrame()` `as.SpatialPolygons.owin()`	Coercion between sp objects and spatstat owin objects
`as.ppp.SpatialPoints()` `as.ppp.SpatialPointsDataFrame()` `as.SpatialPoints.ppp()` `as.SpatialPointsDataFrame.ppp()` `as.SpatialGridDataFrame.ppp()`	Coercion between sp objects and spatstat ppp objects
`as.psp.Line()` `as.psp.Lines()` `as.psp.SpatialLines()` `as.psp.SpatialLinesDataFrame()` `as.SpatialLines.psp()`	Coercion between sp objects and spatstat psp objects
`readAsciiGrid()` `writeAsciiGrid()`	read/write to/from (ESRI) asciigrid format
`checkPolygonsHoles()` `gpclibPermitStatus()` `gpclibPermit()` `rgeosStatus()`	Check holes in Polygons objects
`dotsInPolys()`	Put dots in polygons
`gcDestination()`	Find destination in geographical coordinates
`getKMLcoordinates()`	Get a list of coordinates out of a KML file
`gzAzimuth()` `trackAzimuth()`	Find azimuth for geographical coordinates
`gpcholes`	Hisaji Ono's lake/hole problem
`kmlLine()`	Create and write a KML file on the basis of a given Lines object
`kmlLines()`	Create and write a KML file on the basis of a given Lines object
`kmlOverlay()`	Create and write KML file for PNG image overlay
`kmlPoints()`	Create and write a KML file on the basis of a given Points object
`kmlPolygon()`	Create and write a KML file on the basis of a given Polygons object
`kmlPolygons()`	Create and write a KML file on the basis of a given Polygons object or list of Polygons or SpatialPolygonsDataFrame
`leglabs()`	Make legend labels
`map2SpatialPolygons()` `map2SpatialLines()` `pruneMap()`	Convert map objects to sp classes
`pointLabel()` `getinfo.shape()` `print(<shapehead>)` `readShapeLines()` `writeLinesShape()` `readShapeSpatial()` `writeSpatialShape()` `readShapePoly()` `writePolyShape()` `readShapePoints()` `writePointsShape()` `lineLabel()` `sp.lineLabel()` `label()` `panel.pointLabel()` `sp.pointLabel()` `elide()`	Deprecated functions and methods
`nearestPointOnLine()`	Get the nearest point on a line to a given point
`nearestPointOnSegment()`	Get the nearest point on a segment to a given point
`nowrapRecenter()` `nowrapSpatialPolygons()`	Break polygons at meridian for recentering
`nowrapSpatialLines()`	Split SpatialLines components at offset
`pal2SpatialPolygons()`	Making SpatialPolygons objects from RArcInfo input
`ppp-class` `owin-class` `im-class` `psp-class`	Virtual class "ppp"
`readGPS()`	GPSbabel read interface
`readSplus()`	Read exported WinBUGS maps
`snapPointsToLines()`	Snap a set of points to a set of lines
`sp2Mondrian()`	write map data for Mondrian
`sp2WB()`	Export SpatialPolygons object as S-Plus map for WinBUGS
`sp2tmap()`	Convert SpatialPolygons object for Stata tmap command
`spCbind-methods` `spCbind,SpatialPointsDataFrame,data.frame-method` `spCbind,SpatialPointsDataFrame,vector-method` `spCbind,SpatialLinesDataFrame,data.frame-method` `spCbind,SpatialLinesDataFrame,vector-method` `spCbind,SpatialPolygonsDataFrame,data.frame-method` `spCbind,SpatialPolygonsDataFrame,vector-method` `spCbind`	cbind for spatial objects
`spRbind-methods` `spRbind,SpatialPoints,SpatialPoints-method` `spRbind,SpatialPointsDataFrame,SpatialPointsDataFrame-method` `spRbind,SpatialLines,SpatialLines-method` `spRbind,SpatialLinesDataFrame,SpatialLinesDataFrame-method` `spRbind,SpatialPolygons,SpatialPolygons-method` `spRbind,SpatialPolygonsDataFrame,SpatialPolygonsDataFrame-method` `spRbind`	rbind for spatial objects
`state.vbm`	US State Visibility Based Map
`crepuscule(<SpatialPoints>,<POSIXct>)` `crepuscule(<matrix>,<POSIXct>)` `sunriset(<SpatialPoints>,<POSIXct>)` `sunriset(<matrix>,<POSIXct>)` `solarnoon(<SpatialPoints>,<POSIXct>)` `solarnoon(<matrix>,<POSIXct>)` `solarpos(<SpatialPoints>,<POSIXct>)` `solarpos(<matrix>,<POSIXct>)`	Methods for sun ephemerides calculations
`symbolsInPolys()`	Place grids of points over polygons
`thinnedSpatialPoly()`	Douglas-Peuker line generalization for Spatial Polygons
`unionSpatialPolygons()`	Aggregate Polygons in a SpatialPolygons object
`wrld_simpl`	Simplified world country polygons

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