route: Grab a route from Google

In KimByoungmo/modefiedggmap: Spatial Visualization with ggplot2

Description

Grab a route from Google. Note that in most cases by using this function you are agreeing to the Google Maps API Terms of Service at https://developers.google.com/maps/terms.

Usage

route(from, to, mode = c("driving", "walking", "bicycling", "transit"),
  structure = c("legs", "route"), output = c("simple", "all"),
  alternatives = FALSE, messaging = FALSE, sensor = FALSE,
  override_limit = FALSE)

Arguments

from	name of origin addresses in a data frame (vector accepted)
to	name of destination addresses in a data frame (vector accepted)
mode	driving, bicycling, walking, or transit
structure	structure of output, see examples
output	amount of output
alternatives	should more than one route be provided?
messaging	turn messaging on/off
sensor	whether or not the geocoding request comes from a device with a location sensor
override_limit	override the current query count (.GoogleRouteQueryCount)

Value

a data frame (output="simple") or all of the geocoded information (output="all")

Author(s)

David Kahle [e-mail]

See Also

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/directions/, legs2route, routeQueryCheck, geom_leg

Examples

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from <- "houson, texas"
to <- "waco, texas"
route_df <- route(from, to, structure = "route")
qmap("college station, texas", zoom = 8) +
  geom_path(
    aes(x = lon, y = lat),  colour = "red", size = 1.5,
    data = route_df, lineend = "round"
  )

qmap("college station, texas", zoom = 6) +
  geom_path(
    aes(x = lon, y = lat), colour = "red", size = 1.5,
    data = route_df, lineend = "round"
  )

routeQueryCheck()





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KimByoungmo/modefiedggmap documentation built on May 8, 2019, 4:49 p.m.