ddbs_point: Create point geometries from coordinate vectors

In duckspatial: R Interface to 'DuckDB' Database with Spatial Extension

Create point geometries from coordinate vectors

Description

Constructs POINT geometries from numeric coordinate vectors, optionally including Z (elevation) and M (measure) dimensions and extra attribute columns.

Usage

ddbs_point(
  x,
  y,
  z = NULL,
  m = NULL,
  ...,
  crs = NULL,
  geom_col = "geometry",
  conn = NULL,
  name = NULL,
  mode = NULL,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  quiet = FALSE
)

Arguments

x	Numeric vector of X (longitude) coordinates.
y	Numeric vector of Y (latitude) coordinates.
z	Optional numeric vector of Z (elevation) coordinates.
m	Optional numeric vector of M (measure) coordinates. Requires z.
...	Named vectors of additional attribute columns to include in the output. Each must have the same length as x.
crs	Character or numeric CRS specification (e.g. "EPSG:4326" or 4326). Defaults to NULL (no CRS assigned).
geom_col	Name of the geometry column in the output. Defaults to "geometry".
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
mode	Character. Controls the return type. Options: "duckspatial" (default): Lazy spatial data frame backed by dbplyr/DuckDB "sf": Eagerly collected sf object (uses memory) Can be set globally via ddbs_options(mode = "...") or per-function via this argument. Per-function overrides global setting.
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.

Value

Depends on the mode argument (or global preference set by ddbs_options):

• duckspatial (default): A duckspatial_df (lazy spatial data frame) backed by dbplyr/DuckDB.

• sf: An eagerly collected object in R memory, that will return the same data type as the sf equivalent (e.g. sf or units vector).

When name is provided, the result is also written as a table or view in DuckDB and the function returns TRUE (invisibly).

Examples

## Not run: 
library(duckspatial)

## 2D points
ddbs_point(
  x = c(-58.38, -64.18, -60.64),
  y = c(-34.60, -31.42, -32.95),
  crs = 4326
)

## 3D points with extra columns
ddbs_point(
  x   = c(0, 1, 2),
  y   = c(0, 1, 2),
  z   = c(10, 20, 30),
  id  = 1:3,
  crs = 4326
)

## End(Not run)

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