The 'raster' package deals with basic spatial raster (grid) data access and manipulation. It defines raster classes; can deal with very large files (stored on disk); and includes standard raster functions such as overlay, aggregation, and merge.

• Development Status: 4 - Beta
• Intended Audience: Developers, End Users/Desktop
• License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
• Natural Language: English
• Programming Language: R
• Topic: Classes for Spatial Data, Ecological Analysis, Reading and Writing Spatial Data

To install packages directly within R type install.packages("packagename",repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")