\HeaderA{nc.shp}{North Carolina county boundaries (shapefile)}{nc.shp}
\keyword{datasets}{nc.shp}
\begin{Description}\relax
North Carolina county boundaries in shapefile (ArcView and ArcGIS) format for counties from the 1990 census.
\end{Description}
\begin{Usage}
\begin{verbatim}data(ncshp)\end{verbatim}
\end{Usage}
\begin{Format}\relax
The format is as read by \code{read.shape} in the maptools package
\end{Format}
\begin{Source}\relax
\url{http://sal.agecon.uiuc.edu/stuff/data.html}
\end{Source}
\begin{Examples}
\begin{ExampleCode}
## Not run: 
library(maptools)
nc.shp <- read.shape(system.file("shapes/sids.shp", package="maptools")[1])
## End(Not run)
data(ncshp)
nc1 <- as.SpatialPolygons.Shapes(nc.shp$Shapes, as.character(nc.shp$att.data$FIPS))
plotSpatialPolygons(nc1)
invisible(text(getSpPPolygonsLabptSlots(nc1), labels=getSpPPolygonsIDSlots(nc1), cex=0.6))
\end{ExampleCode}
\end{Examples}

