grid_canada: Create grid across Canada

In BirdStudiesCanada/naturecounts: Access and download data on plant and animal populations from NatureCounts

Create grid across Canada

Description

Create grid across Canada

Usage

grid_canada(cell_size = 200, buffer = 500)

Arguments

cell_size	Numeric. Size of grid (km) to use when creating grid. If using this grid as input to cosewic_ranges(), should use default COSEWIC grid size of 2.
buffer	Numeric. Extra buffer (km) to add around the outline of Canada before calculating grid.

Value

sf data frame with polygon grid

Examples

gc <- grid_canada(200) 
gc_buff <- grid_canada(200, buffer = 0)

# Plot to illustrate
library(ggplot2)
ggplot() +
  geom_sf(data = map_canada()) +
  geom_sf(data = gc, fill = NA) +
  labs(caption = "200km buffer")
  
ggplot() +
  geom_sf(data = map_canada()) +
  geom_sf(data = gc_buff, fill = NA) +
  labs(caption = "No buffer")

BirdStudiesCanada/naturecounts documentation built on June 30, 2023, 1:59 a.m.