摘要:The second issue of R News contained presentations of two packages within spatial statistics and an overview of the area; yet another article used a fisheries example with spatial data. The issue also showed that there is still plenty to do before spatial data is as well accommodated as date-time classes are now. This note will add an introduction to the splancs package for analysing point patterns, mention briefly work on packages for spatial autocorrelation, and touch on some of the issues raised in handling spatial data when interfacing with geographical information systems (GIS).