readOGR() cannot open file

Question

wmap <- readOGR(dsn=\"~/R/funwithR/data/ne_110m_land\", layer=\"ne_110m_land\")

This code is not loading the shape file and error is generated a

Answer 1

Here's what worked for me (with a real example)

require(rgdal)
shape <- readOGR(dsn = "1259030001_ste11aaust_shape/STE11aAust.shp", layer = "STE11aAust")

The exact data is available here (download the .zip file called 'State and Territory ASGC Ed 2011 Digital Boundaries in MapInfo Interchange Format')