ms_filter_fields: Delete fields in the attribute table

In rmapshaper: Client for 'mapshaper' for 'Geospatial' Operations

Delete fields in the attribute table

Description

Removes all fields except those listed in the fields parameter

Usage

ms_filter_fields(input, fields, sys = FALSE, sys_mem = 8)

Arguments

input	spatial object to filter fields on. One of: geo_json or character points, lines, or polygons; geo_list points, lines, or polygons; SpatialPolygonsDataFrame, SpatialLinesDataFrame, SpatialPointsDataFrame; sf object
fields	character vector of fields to retain.
sys	Should the system mapshaper be used instead of the bundled mapshaper? Gives better performance on large files. Requires the mapshaper node package to be installed and on the PATH.
sys_mem	How much memory (in GB) should be allocated if using the system mapshaper (sys = TRUE)? Default 8. Ignored if sys = FALSE.

Value

object with only specified attributes retained, in the same class as the input

Examples

library(geojsonio)
library(sp)

poly <- structure("{\"type\":\"FeatureCollection\",
                  \"features\":[{\"type\":\"Feature\",
                  \"properties\":{\"a\": 1, \"b\":2, \"c\": 3},
                  \"geometry\":{\"type\":\"Polygon\",
                  \"coordinates\":[[[102,2],[102,4],[104,4],[104,2],[102,2]]]}}]}",
                  class = c("json", "geo_json"))
poly <- geojson_sp(poly)
poly@data

# Filter (keep) fields a and b, drop c
out <- ms_filter_fields(poly, c("a", "b"))
out@data

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