bc_area: The size of British Columbia

In bcmaps: Map Layers and Spatial Utilities for British Columbia

The size of British Columbia

Description

Total area, Land area only, or Freshwater area only, in the units of your choosing.

Usage

bc_area(what = "total", units = "km2")

Arguments

what	Which part of BC? One of 'total' (default), 'land', or 'freshwater'.
units	One of 'km2' (square kilometres; default), 'm2' (square metres), 'ha' (hectares), 'acres', or 'sq_mi' (square miles)

Details

The sizes are from Statistics Canada

Value

The area of B.C. in the desired units (numeric vector).

Examples

## With no arguments, gives the total area in km^2:
bc_area()

## Get the area of the land only, in hectares:
bc_area("land", "ha")

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