gisco_get_coastal_lines: Coastal lines dataset

In giscoR: Download Map Data from GISCO API - Eurostat

Coastal lines dataset

Description

Downloads worldwide coastlines.

Usage

gisco_get_coastal_lines(
  year = 2016,
  epsg = 4326,
  cache = TRUE,
  update_cache = FALSE,
  cache_dir = NULL,
  verbose = FALSE,
  resolution = 20,
  ext = "gpkg"
)

Arguments

year	character string or number. Release year of the file. One of \Sexpr[stage=render,results=rd]{giscoR:::db_values("coastal_lines", "year",TRUE)}.
epsg	character string or number. Projection of the map: 4-digit EPSG code. One of: "4326": WGS84. "3035": ETRS89 / ETRS-LAEA. "3857": Pseudo-Mercator.
cache	logical. Whether to do caching. Default is TRUE. See Caching strategies section in gisco_set_cache_dir().
update_cache	logical. Should the cached file be refreshed?. Default is FALSE. When set to TRUE it would force a new download.
cache_dir	character string. A path to a cache directory. See Caching strategies section in gisco_set_cache_dir().
verbose	logical. If TRUE displays informational messages.
resolution	character string or number. Resolution of the geospatial data. One of: "60": 1:60 million. "20": 1:20 million. "10": 1:10 million. "03": 1:3 million. "01": 1:1 million.
ext	character. Extension of the file (default "gpkg"). One of \Sexpr[stage=render,results=rd]{giscoR:::db_values("coastal_lines", "ext",TRUE)}.

Value

A sf object.

Note

Please check the download and usage provisions on gisco_attributions().

Source

https://gisco-services.ec.europa.eu/distribution/v2/.

Copyright: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata/statistical-units.

See Also

gisco_coastal_lines.

See gisco_bulk_download() to perform a bulk download of datasets.

Other statistical units datasets: gisco_get_census(), gisco_get_lau(), gisco_get_nuts(), gisco_get_urban_audit()

Examples

coast <- gisco_get_coastal_lines()

library(ggplot2)

ggplot(coast) +
  geom_sf(color = "#1278AB", fill = "#FDFBEA") +
  # Zoom on Mediterranean Sea
  coord_sf(
    xlim = c(-4, 35),
    ylim = c(31, 45)
  ) +
  theme_minimal() +
  theme(
    panel.background = element_rect(fill = "#C7E7FB", color = NA),
    panel.border = element_rect(colour = "black", fill = NA)
  )

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