Offline usage of ggmap

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Hi,

I am a sys-admin for a HPC (high performance computing) facility where a user is attempting to run ggmap.

As is common with HPC, the compute backend, unlike the login servers, does not have access to the internet. We don't support users running calculations for extended periods on the login nodes, as it reduces the quality of service on the login nodes.

From my understanding ggmap does not function without the internet, is there some form of pre-staging download step, or an offline mode that we can use in HPC?

I have done some brief research and aside from the odd StackOverflow question, I am unable to find an answer to this issue.

If you have any advice I would be very grateful.

Thanks.