mazama_initialize: Initialize with MazamaScience standard directories

In MazamaLocationUtils: Manage Spatial Metadata for Known Locations

Initialize with MazamaScience standard directories

Description

Convenience function to initialize spatial data. Wraps the following setup lines:

MazamaSpatialUtils::setSpatialDataDir(spatialDataDir)

MazamaSpatialUtils::loadSpatialData("EEZCountries.rda")
MazamaSpatialUtils::loadSpatialData("OSMTimezones.rda")
MazamaSpatialUtils::loadSpatialData("NaturalEarthAdm1.rda")
MazamaSpatialUtils::loadSpatialData("USCensusCounties.rda")

Usage

mazama_initialize(spatialDataDir = "~/Data/Spatial")

Arguments

spatialDataDir

Directory where spatial datasets are found, Default: "~/Data/Spatial"

Value

No return value.

Examples

library(MazamaLocationUtils)

# Fail gracefully if any resources are not available
try({

  # Set up directory for spatial data
  spatialDataDir <- tempdir() # typically "~/Data/Spatial"
  MazamaSpatialUtils::setSpatialDataDir(spatialDataDir)

  exists("NaturalEarthAdm1")
  mazama_initialize(spatialDataDir)
  exists("NaturalEarthAdm1")
  class(NaturalEarthAdm1)
  
}, silent = FALSE)

MazamaLocationUtils documentation built on Aug. 25, 2022, 1:07 a.m.