nat_data_download: Download a data frame containing electorate centroids

In eechidna: Exploring Election and Census Highly Informative Data Nationally for Australia

Description

Downloads and returns a data frame containing the points that make up the centroids for each of the Australian electorates in the desired federal election.

Usage

nat_data_download(year, ...)

Arguments

year	Desired year, must be one of 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2019
...	Additional arguments passed to 'download.file'

Value

A data frame with data associated with each of the Australian federal electorates

• id: Numeric identifier for the polygon

• elect_div: Electorate division name

• state: abbreviation of the state name

• numccds: AEC variable that might be filled with meaning or a description down the road

• area_sqkm: combined square kilometers of each electorate

• long_c: longitude coordinate of electorate (polygon) centroid

• lat_c: latitude coordinate of electorate (polygon) centroid

• x: latitude coordinate for plotting a cartogram

• y: longitude coordinate for plotting a cartogram

• radius: variable used in the construction of cartogram points

Examples

library(eechidna)
library(dplyr)
library(ggmap)

nat_data19 <- nat_data_download(2019)

nat_data19 %>%
  qmplot(long_c, lat_c, data=.)

eechidna documentation built on Feb. 25, 2021, 5:08 p.m.