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Does anyone know why shapefiles for Michigan often end up looking oversimplified like this? #rstats code in the alt text.

29/8/25, 2:01 pm1 repost5 likes

David Keyes

@dgkeyes.com

29 Aug 2025

Of course @kylewalker.bsky.social already had a solution that I missed! walker-data.com/census-r/cen...

Kyle Walker

@kylewalker.bsky.social

29 Aug 2025

thanks for the shout out! if that's not enough, try out tigris::erase_water() as well to remove even more water from your shapes

Ben 🔔🧛‍♂️🎃🦇🍬

@beninquiring.bsky.social

29 Aug 2025

Most TIGER shapefiles are political boundaries that include water as well as land. Check out the Tigris package in R, those functions have an option to exclude water!

David Keyes

@dgkeyes.com

29 Aug 2025

Thanks!