Overlays on Google map tiles in R CRAN Task View: Spatial (http://CRAN.R-project.org/view=Spatial) This package serves two purposes: (i) Provide a comfortable R interface to query the Google server for static maps, and (ii) Use the map as a background image to overlay plots within R. This requires proper coordinate scaling. Software Depends: R (>= 1.4.0), graphics, stats, utils, png Suggests: PBSmapping, maptools "Markus Loecher" <markus.loecher@gmail.com> "Markus Loecher, Berlin School of Economics and Law (BSEL)" <markus.loecher@gmail.com> GPL 2012-03-15 application/tgz http://CRAN.R-project.org/package=RgoogleMaps