get_boundaries_areaname: Get Boundaries Using Area Names

In sgapi: Aid Querying 'nomis' and 'Office for National Statistics Open Geography' APIs

Get Boundaries Using Area Names

Description

Extract a geojson shapefile of the chosen areas at the user-selected resolution.

Usage

get_boundaries_areaname(boundary, col_name_var, chosen_constituency_list, 
base_url = "https://services1.arcgis.com/ESMARspQHYMw9BZ9/arcgis/rest/services")

Arguments

boundary	The resolution of constituencies, e.g. Census Output Areas or Westminster Constituencies. Available boundaries can be found here: https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/
col_name_var	The name of the datafield where the constituency name is held, e.g. PCON22NM for 2022 Parliamentary Constituencies.
chosen_constituency_list	List of chosen constituencies.
base_url	Open geography portal base url

Value

An sf object of the constituencies submitted to the function. If there are no constituencies, return is NULL.

Examples

get_boundaries_areaname(boundary="Local_Authority_Districts_December_2022_UK_BGC_V2",
col_name_var="LAD22NM",chosen_constituency_list=c("Westminster","Tower Hamlets","County Durham"))

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