csodata quick start guide"

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Introduction

This guide provides a basic overview of the use of the csodata package for new users. Install (if necessary) and load the package:

# # Install or update the package:
# install.packages("csodata")

library(csodata)

Table of Contents

A list of all the table available on the cso StatBank can be downloaded with cso_get_toc. You can search throught the title field using cso_search_toc. (A "Loaded cached toc" or "Loaded cached data" message indicates that the data was retrieved from the cache, instead of being downloaded again.)

toc <- cso_get_toc()
head(toc)

Downloading Data

To download a dataset, use cso_get_data and include a table code from the table of contents.

tbl1 <- cso_get_data("PEA19")

Metadata can be also downloaded or displayed to console:

meta1 <- cso_get_meta("CDP06")
cso_disp_meta("CDP06")

Geographic Data

Geographic vector data in ESRI shapefile format can be downloaded for use in mapping. This is a map of county councils and other local authorities in Ireland, there are many other maps available.

shp <- cso_get_geo("County Councils")

This data can be plotted using the leaflet package. Here we plot the outline of each region.

# install.packages("leaflet")
library(leaflet)


leaflet(shp) %>% 
  addTiles() %>% 
  addPolygons()

The data which has been cached locally can be manually cleared once we are done with it.

cso_clear_cache()


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csodata documentation built on Aug. 11, 2023, 5:08 p.m.