ddbh3_h3_to: Convert H3 string or UBIGINT indexes to other representations

In duckh3: H3 Extension of 'DuckDB'

Convert H3 string or UBIGINT indexes to other representations

Description

Convert H3 cell indexes stored as strings or UBIGINT into other representations (e.g. lon, lat, spatial)

Usage

ddbh3_h3_to_lon(
  x,
  h3 = "h3string",
  new_column = "lon",
  conn = NULL,
  name = NULL,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  quiet = FALSE
)

ddbh3_h3_to_lat(
  x,
  h3 = "h3string",
  new_column = "lat",
  conn = NULL,
  name = NULL,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  quiet = FALSE
)

ddbh3_h3_to_spatial(
  x,
  h3 = "h3string",
  conn = NULL,
  name = NULL,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  quiet = FALSE
)

ddbh3_strings_to_bigint(
  x,
  h3 = "h3string",
  new_column = "h3bigint",
  conn = NULL,
  name = NULL,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  quiet = FALSE
)

ddbh3_bigint_to_strings(
  x,
  h3 = "h3bigint",
  new_column = "h3string",
  conn = NULL,
  name = NULL,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  quiet = FALSE
)

ddbh3_h3_to_points(
  x,
  h3 = "h3string",
  conn = NULL,
  name = NULL,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  quiet = FALSE
)

Arguments

x	Input data. One of: duckspatial_df A lazy spatial data frame via dbplyr. sf A spatial data frame. tbl_lazy A lazy data frame from dbplyr. data.frame A standard R data frame. character string A table or view name in conn. character vector A vector of values to operate on in vectorized mode (requires conn = NULL).
h3	The name of a column in x containing the H3 strings or H3 unsigned 64-bit integers (UBIGINT)
new_column	Name of the new column to create on the input data. If NULL, the function will return a vector with the result
conn	A connection object to a DuckDB database. If NULL, the function runs on a temporary DuckDB database.
name	A character string of length one specifying the name of the table, or a character string of length two specifying the schema and table names. If NULL (the default), the function returns the result as an sf object
overwrite	Boolean. whether to overwrite the existing table if it exists. Defaults to FALSE. This argument is ignored when name is NULL.
quiet	A logical value. If TRUE, suppresses any informational messages. Defaults to FALSE.

Details

The four functions differ only in the output format:

• ddbh3_h3_to_spatial() converts H3 indexes to spatial hexagon polygons

• ddbh3_h3_to_lon() extracts the longitude of the H3 cell centroid

• ddbh3_h3_to_lat() extracts the latitude of the H3 cell centroid

• ddbh3_strings_to_bigint() converts H3 indexes to unsigned 64-bit integers (UBIGINT)

• ddbh3_bigint_to_strings() converts H3 indexes to strings (e.g. "8928308280fffff")

• ddbh3_h3_to_points() converts H3 indexes to spatial points located at the centroid of the H3 cell

Value

One of the following, depending on the inputs:

tbl_lazy

If x is not spatial.

duckspatial_df

If x is spatial (e.g. an sf or duckspatial_df object).

TRUE (invisibly)

If name is provided, a table is created in the connection and TRUE is returned invisibly.

vector

If x is a character vector and conn = NULL, the function operates in vectorized mode, returning a vector of the same length as x.

Examples

## Load needed packages
library(duckh3)
library(duckspatial)
library(dplyr)

## Setup the default connection with h3 and spatial extensions
## This is a mandatory step to use duckh3 functions
ddbh3_default_conn(threads = 1)

## Load example data
points_tbl <- read.csv(
  system.file("extdata/example_pts.csv", package = "duckh3")
)

## Add H3 string column
points_tbl <- ddbh3_lonlat_to_h3(points_tbl, resolution = 6) |> 
  select(-lon, -lat)

## TO LON/LAT ------------

## Add longitude and latitude of the H3 string
points_coords_tbl <- points_tbl |> 
  ddbh3_h3_to_lat() |> 
  ddbh3_h3_to_lon()

## Add lon/lat with other names
points_coords_2_tbl <- points_tbl |> 
  ddbh3_h3_to_lat(new_column = "latitude") |> 
  ddbh3_h3_to_lon(new_column = "longitude")

## Add using mutate
points_tbl |> 
  mutate(
    lon = ddbh3_h3_to_lon(h3string),
    lat = ddbh3_h3_to_lat(h3string)
  )

## TO SPATIAL -----------------

## Convert h3 strings to spatial polygons
points_ddbs <- ddbh3_h3_to_spatial(points_tbl)

## Collect as sf
points_sf <- ddbs_collect(points_ddbs)

## FROM STRING TO UBIGINT -----

## Add ubigint, and remove strings
points_bigint_tbl <- ddbh3_strings_to_bigint(
  points_tbl, 
  new_column = "h3_integers"
) |> 
  select(-h3string)

## Add using mutate
points_tbl |> 
  mutate(h3int = ddbh3_strings_to_bigint(h3string))

## FROM UBIGINT TO STRING -----

## Add column with strings
points_strings_tbl <- ddbh3_bigint_to_strings(
  points_bigint_tbl, 
  h3 = "h3_integers"
) 

## Add using mutate
points_bigint_tbl |> 
  mutate(h3string = ddbh3_bigint_to_strings(h3_integers))

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