Read A GEO-EAS Data File

DESCRIPTION:

Read a GEO-EAS data file and create a data frame from it.

USAGE:

read.geoeas(file) 

REQUIRED ARGUMENTS:

file
a character string containing the name of the date file to be read.

VALUE:

a data frame with as many columns as variables in file. The title line and any measurement units listed with the variable names are ignored.

DETAILS:

GEO-EAS is a collection of MS-DOS based software tools for performing two-dimensional geostatistical analysis of spatially distributed software. It uses a fixed file format with header information for its data input files. Many other PC based spatial analysis programs also use this file format. See Englund and Sparks (1992) for more details.

REFERENCES:

Englund, Evan and Sparks, Allen. (1992). GEO-EAS: Geostatistical Environmental Assessment Software Users's Guide, Version 1.2.1. GWMC-FOS 53 PC, International Ground Water Modeling Center, Golden, CO.

SEE ALSO:

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EXAMPLES:

# Create the GEO-EAS file 'iron.geo' from the iron.ore data frame and 
# then read the file back in to create a new data frame called iron 
write.geoeas(iron.ore, "iron.geo") 
iron <- read.geoeas("iron.geo")