scratch/scratch_dem.R

In bcgov/bcdata: Search and Retrieve Data from the BC Data Catalogue

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bcdc_get_dem <- function(bbox) {

  if (inherits(bbox, "bbox")) {
    bbox <- paste(bbox, collapse = ",")
  }

  query_list <- list(
    service="WCS",
    version="1.0.0",
    request="GetCoverage",
    coverage="pub:bc_elevation_25m_bcalb",
    bbox=bbox,
    CRS="EPSG:3005",
    RESPONSE_CRS = "EPSG:3005",
    Format="GeoTIFF",
    resx=25,
    resy=25
  )

  ## Drop any NULLS from the list
  query_list <- compact(query_list)

  ## GET and parse data to sf object
  cli <- bcdc_http_client(url = "https://delivery.openmaps.gov.bc.ca/om/wcs")



  tiff_file <- tempfile(fileext = ".tif")
  res <- cli$get(query = query_list, disk = tiff_file)
  close(file(tiff_file))

  raster::raster(res$content)
}