getGIS: Extract and convert GIS data from a URL

In RTL: Risk Tool Library - Trading, Risk, 'Analytics' for Commodities

Extract and convert GIS data from a URL

Description

Returns a SpatialPointsDataFrame from a shapefile URL. @section Examples with EIA and Government of Alberta

• from https://www.eia.gov/maps/layer_info-m.php :

• crudepipelines <- getGIS(url = "https://www.eia.gov/maps/map_data/CrudeOil_Pipelines_US_EIA.zip")

• refineries <- getGIS(url = "https://www.eia.gov/maps/map_data/Petroleum_Refineries_US_EIA.zip")

• from https://gis.energy.gov.ab.ca/Geoview/OSPNG

• AB <- getGIS(url = "https://gis.energy.gov.ab.ca/GeoviewData/OS_Agreements_Shape.zip")

Usage

getGIS(url = "https://www.eia.gov/maps/map_data/CrudeOil_Pipelines_US_EIA.zip")

Arguments

url	URL of the zipped shapefile. character

Value

SpatialPointsDataFrame. SpatialPolygonsDataFrame

Author(s)

Philippe Cote

Examples

## Not run: 
getGIS(url = "https://www.eia.gov/maps/map_data/CrudeOil_Pipelines_US_EIA.zip")

## End(Not run)

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