nlgeocoder

In nlgeocoder: Geocoding for the Netherlands

knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = FALSE)
library(leaflet)
library(sf)

Geocoding for nl

The dev team:

• Egge-Jan Pollé (NL) - @EggePolle
• Willy Tadema (NL) - @FrieseWoudloper
• Edwin de Jonge (NL) - @edwindjonge
• Juris Breidaks (LV) - @CSB_Latvia

What is it about?

PDOK: dutch webservice

• Providing location services as a Web API:
• Search: "address",return: coordinates, regional administrative info (>30).
• deduplicating addresses ("town road" vs "town street" vs "town alley")
• Providing geo tile layers.
• restricts topographic details to NL.
• style: "gray", "brt", "aerial" and "pastel"

nl_geocode

• geocodes a list of addresses (location + 30 regional properties)
• modelled after ggmap::geocode same argument names.

• one location per address (with highest score).

  • for extra options use nl_free

• returns a sf object:

  • However: is POINT/ centroid, not the complete geometry.

• type: returned object should be: "address", "street", "postcode", "town", "municipality", "neighborhood", "province" etc.

nl_free, nl_suggest, nl_lookup

wrap each pdok service faithfully:

• same argument names as the web service
• all options available

However:

• return value is also faithful, but complex, so more difficult to use

addPdokTiles

Utility function to provide pdok tiles in leaflet: maps for Dutch regions:

• brt: background (similar to OSM)
• gray: grayed-out background
• pastel: pastel tone background
• aerial: aerial/satelite background

library(leaflet)
leaflet() %>% 
  addPdokTiles() %>% 
 # do your mapping thing

Example

library(nlgeocoder)
library(leaflet)
r <- nl_geocode("Henri Faasdreef 312") # uRos 2018 Conference!
leaflet() %>% addPdokTiles("gray") %>% 
  addMarkers(data = r, popup = "uRos2018!")

nlgeocoder documentation built on May 2, 2019, 3:32 p.m.