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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Hello,</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I am having problems with GADM shapefiles using the new version of R (3.3.0) on my Mac OS El Capitan V. 10.11.3. I can downloads the files without problem using either of the following methods:</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Somalia = readOGR(dsn = "SOM_adm_shp",</span><br>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> layer = "SOM_adm2")</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Somalia = getData("GADM", country="SOM", level=1)</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">However, trying to plot them usually causes the system to crash. Occasionally, the system doesn't crash but the shapefile won't plot. It will then appear (very slowly) if I type another command (eg. proj4string(Somalia)). It
is basically unworkable. I have no such problems using older versions of R on either a mac or a pc. And I have found some shapefiles that work fine on the system I'm using.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Has anyone else come across this and does anyone have an explanation, or even better a solution?</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">With much thanks. Alex Lewis (MSc Geospatial Analysis student)</span></p>
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