Mapping Fisheries Data and Spatial Analysis Tools CRAN Task View: Spatial (http://CRAN.R-project.org/view=Spatial) This software has evolved from fisheries research conducted at the Pacific Biological Station (PBS) in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. It extends the R language to include two-dimensional plotting features similar to those commonly available in a Geographic Information System (GIS). Embedded C code speeds algorithms from computational geometry, such as finding polygons that contain specified point events or converting between longitude-latitude and Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates. It includes data for a global shoreline and other data sets in the public domain. The R directory '.../library/PBSmapping/doc' includes a complete user's guide PBSmapping-UG.pdf. To use this package effectively, please consult the guide. Software Depends: R (>= 2.12.0) Suggests: foreign, maptools, deldir Jon Schnute <Jon.Schnute@dfo-mpo.gc.ca> Jon T. Schnute <jon.schnute@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>, Nicholas Boers <boersn@macewan.ca>, and Rowan Haigh <rowan.haigh@dfo-mpo.gc.ca>. GPL (>= 2) 2012-03-02 application/tgz http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=PBSmapping