Re: Maps request: EU-27 countries (spmap, shp2dta)

[François Briatte <f.briatte@ed.ac.uk>]

Dear all,

As a brief follow-up, I have found a way to use the shapefiles
mentioned below with R, in a way that produces exactly the kind of map
I was aiming at producing. Problem solved, then.

Best regards,

François

On 7 November 2010 18:07, François Briatte <f.briatte@ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have been experimenting with spmap and shp2dta in order to produce
> simple maps showing the incidence rates of a few diseases in the
> EU-27. The best shapefile I could find is provided by the European
> Commission in partnership EuroGeographics and is located at this URL:
>
> http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/gisco/popups/references/administrative_units_statistical_units_1
>
> This shapefile, however, contains additional information about
> overseas territories that I do not need; as a result, my maps are not
> ideally drawn, with thick country borders and with the actual European
> continent showing as a very small map in the top-right corner of the
> maps.
>
> My request is thus, is anyone on Statalist aware of better shapefiles
> for the EU-27? Or perhaps can I 'crop' the map nicely with spmap? As
> an example of the kind of map I am trying to produce, here is a link
> to a map by the European Cancer Observatory:
>
> http://eu-cancer.iarc.fr/cancer-10-lung.html,en#block-9-15
>
> Thanks in advance for you help,
>
> François
>



-- 
François Briatte

PhD candidate
Institute of Political Studies, University of Grenoble, France

Assistant Lecturer
Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Lille, France

http://f.briatte.org/

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