getRegionPentads: Get ABAP pentads for a certain region

In AfricaBirdData/ABAP: Access to African Bird Atlas Project data from R

Get ABAP pentads for a certain region

Description

Get ABAP pentads for a certain region

Usage

getRegionPentads(.region_type, .region)

Arguments

.region_type	The type of region we are interested on. Three options: "country", "province", "project" and "pentad".
.region	A character string corresponding to the specific region we are interested in. It can be either a country in Southern Africa, a South African province, a project (currently, "SABAP1" or "SABAP2") or a pentad code.

Details

At the moment, ABAP serves data from eleven countries: South Africa, Botswana, eSwatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Nigeria. Only South African provinces are available: Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Free State, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, and Northwest Province.

Value

A simple feature object with those pentads that are contained in the region of interest. A pentads is considered contained if half of its area lies within the region.

Examples

# getRegionPentads(.region_type = "country", .region = "South Africa")

AfricaBirdData/ABAP documentation built on Aug. 4, 2024, 4:41 p.m.