Mapping and Measuring Country Shapes

Abstract:

The article introduces the cshapes R package, which includes our CShapes dataset of contemporary and historical country boundaries, as well as computational tools for computing geographical measures from these maps. We provide an overview of the need for considering spatial dependence in comparative research, how this requires appropriate historical maps, and detail how the cshapes associated R package cshapes can contribute to these ends. We illustrate the use of the package for drawing maps, computing spatial variables for countries, and generating weights matrices for spatial statistics.

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Published

May 31, 2010

DOI

10.32614/RJ-2010-004

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Pages

2/1

18 - 24

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    Weidmann & Gleditsch, "The R Journal: Mapping and Measuring Country Shapes", The R Journal, 2010

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    @article{RJ-2010-004,
      author = {Weidmann, Nils B. and Gleditsch, Kristian Skrede},
      title = {The R Journal: Mapping and Measuring Country Shapes},
      journal = {The R Journal},
      year = {2010},
      note = {https://doi.org/10.32614/RJ-2010-004},
      doi = {10.32614/RJ-2010-004},
      volume = {2},
      issue = {1},
      issn = {2073-4859},
      pages = {18-24}
    }