David Keyes @dgkeyes.com · Aug 29 Does anyone know why shapefiles for Michigan often end up looking oversimplified like this? #rstats code in the alt text.
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Of course @kylewalker.bsky.social already had a solution that I missed! walker-data.com/census-r/cen...
Most TIGER shapefiles are political boundaries that include water as well as land. Check out the Tigris package in R, those functions have an option to exclude water!