geo_lite_struct_sf: Address search API with 'sf' output (structured query)

In nominatimlite: Interface to the 'Nominatim' API

Address search API with sf output (structured query)

Description

Geocodes addresses already split into components and returns the corresponding sf object. The query output is returned as an sf format. See geo_lite_struct() for retrieving the data in tibble format.

Corresponds to the structured query search described in the API endpoint. To perform a free-form search, use geo_lite_sf().

Usage

geo_lite_struct_sf(
  amenity = NULL,
  street = NULL,
  city = NULL,
  county = NULL,
  state = NULL,
  country = NULL,
  postalcode = NULL,
  limit = 1,
  full_results = FALSE,
  return_addresses = TRUE,
  verbose = FALSE,
  nominatim_server = "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/",
  custom_query = list(),
  points_only = TRUE
)

Arguments

amenity	Name and/or type of POI. See also geo_amenity().
street	House number and street name.
city	City.
county	County.
state	State.
country	Country.
postalcode	Postal code.
limit	Maximum number of results to return per input address. Note that each query returns a maximum of 50 results.
full_results	Return all available data from the Nominatim API. If FALSE (default), only latitude, longitude and address columns are returned. See also return_addresses.
return_addresses	Return input addresses with results if TRUE.
verbose	If TRUE, detailed logs are output to the console.
nominatim_server	URL of the Nominatim server to use. Defaults to "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/".
custom_query	Named list with API-specific parameters, for example list(countrycodes = "US"). See Details.
points_only	Logical TRUE/FALSE. Whether to return only point geometries (TRUE, which is the default) or potentially other shapes as returned by the Nominatim API (FALSE). See About geometry types.

Details

The structured form of the search query allows you to look up an address that is already split into its components. Each parameter represents a field of the address. All parameters are optional. You should only use the ones that are relevant for the address you want to geocode.

See https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/api/Search/ for additional parameters to be passed to custom_query.

Value

An sf object with the results that match the query.

About geometry types

The parameter points_only specifies whether the function results will be points (all Nominatim results are guaranteed to have at least point geometry) or other geometry types.

Note that when points_only = FALSE, the type of geometry returned depends on the object being geocoded. Administrative areas, major buildings and the like will be returned as polygons, rivers, roads and similar features will be returned as lines, and amenities may still be returned as points.

This function is vectorized, allowing multiple addresses to be geocoded. With points_only = FALSE, multiple geometry types may be returned.

See Also

Geocoding: geo_address_lookup(), geo_address_lookup_sf(), geo_amenity(), geo_amenity_sf(), geo_lite(), geo_lite_sf(), geo_lite_struct()

sf outputs: bbox_to_poly(), geo_address_lookup_sf(), geo_amenity_sf(), geo_lite_sf(), reverse_geo_lite_sf()

Examples

# Map

pl_mayor <- geo_lite_struct_sf(
  street = "Plaza Mayor",
  county = "Comunidad de Madrid",
  country = "Spain", limit = 50,
  full_results = TRUE, verbose = TRUE
)

# Outline
ccaa <- geo_lite_sf("Comunidad de Madrid, Spain", points_only = FALSE)

library(ggplot2)

if (any(!sf::st_is_empty(pl_mayor), !sf::st_is_empty(ccaa))) {
  ggplot(ccaa) +
    geom_sf() +
    geom_sf(data = pl_mayor, aes(shape = addresstype, color = addresstype))
}

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