ReadMapTile function

Read a bitmap image stored in the PNG format

Reads an image from a PNG file/content into a raster array.

ReadMapTile(destfile, METADATA = TRUE, native = TRUE)

Arguments

• destfile: png file to read
• METADATA: read MetaInfo as well ?
• native: determines the image representation - if FALSE then the result is an array, if TRUE then the result is a native raster representation, see readPNG in package png.

Returns

map or tile object

Author(s)

Markus Loecher