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https://github.com/kislerdm/gadMaps

R-package to get and plot geojson from gadm.org
https://github.com/kislerdm/gadMaps

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R-package to get and plot geojson from gadm.org

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gadMaps - GeoJson generator and plotter out of the map data from http://gadm.org/
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## Description

The package allows user to get as geojson and plot precise countries map from http://gadm.org/. Each map has different details levels from 0 (only external country's borders) to 4, or 5 (internar borders, e.g. redions, provinces etc.); depending on the country, highest level can be less than 4.

## Installation

To install the latest version of the package from gitHub, use the following command in R console:

```r
devtools::install_github("kislerdm/gadMaps")
```

if you don't have the package **devtools**, install it by executing

```r
install.package("devtools")
```