gisco_get_units: Get geospatial units data from GISCO API

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Get geospatial units data from GISCO API

Description

This function is deprecated. Use:

• gisco_get_metadata() (equivalent to mode = "df").

• ?gisco_get_unitfunctions (equivalent to mode = "sf")

Usage

gisco_get_units(
  id_giscoR = c("nuts", "countries", "urban_audit"),
  unit = "ES4",
  mode = c("sf", "df"),
  year = 2016,
  epsg = 4326,
  cache = TRUE,
  update_cache = FALSE,
  cache_dir = NULL,
  verbose = FALSE,
  resolution = 20,
  spatialtype = "RG"
)

Arguments

id_giscoR	Select the unit type to be downloaded. Accepted values are "nuts", "countries" or "urban_audit".
unit	Unit ID to be downloaded.
mode	Controls the output of the function. Possible values are "sf" or "df". See Value.
year	character string or number. Release year of the file.
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.
spatialtype	character string. Type of geometry to be returned. Options available are: "RG": Regions - MULTIPOLYGON/POLYGON object. "LB": Labels - POINT object.

Value

A sf object on mode = "sf" or a tibble on mode = "df".

Note

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

Source

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

All the source files are .geojson files.

See Also

gisco_get_metadata(), ?gisco_get_unit functions.

Examples

# mode df
gisco_get_units("nuts", mode = "df", year = 2016)
# ->
gisco_get_metadata("nuts", year = 2016)

# mode sf for NUTS
gisco_get_units("nuts", unit = "ES111", mode = "sf", year = 2016)
# ->
gisco_get_unit_nuts(unit = "ES111", year = 2016)

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