geo_export: Export geospatial and/or attribute data to a file

In cpacc/geode: Functions for Mapping and Analysis of Geospatial Data

Description

This function exports spatial and attribute data to file. The output file type can be a shapefile (.shp), comma separated value file (.csv), Excel workbook (.xlsx), or a SAS data file (.sas7bdat).

Usage

geo_export(x, path, filetype, na = NA, overwrite = FALSE)

Arguments

x	Name of R data object to output. REQUIRED.
path	Filepath specifying location and name of output file to create. REQUIRED.
filetype	Type of output file to create. Must be one of the following: "shp" (default), "csv" (.csv comma separated value file), "sas" (.sas7bdat data file), "excel" (.xlsx workbook file). REQUIRED.
na	Character string to be used for missing values in the output file. Replaces all empty values ("" and " "), and properly coded missing values (NA), with the specified string. If no string is provided, default is NA. OPTIONAL.
overwrite	If output dataset already exists at the path location, should R overwrite (replace existing file) or not? Default is to not overwrite an existing file. OPTIONAL.

Examples

# simple export shp file ------------------------------------------------------------------
geo_export(x = my_dat,
 path = my_outdir,
 filetype = "shp",
 overwrite = TRUE)

# exporting when file already exists ------------------------------------------------------
geo_export(x = my_dat,
 path = my_outdir,
 filetype = "shp",
 overwrite = FALSE) # will not replace existing file

geo_export(x = my_dat,
 path = my_outdir,
 filetype = "shp",
 overwrite = TRUE) # replaces existing file

# specify new value ('unknown') to replace empty and missing values in output file --------
geo_export(x = my_dat,
 path = my_outdir,
 filetype = "shp",
 na = "unknown",
 overwrite = TRUE)

cpacc/geode documentation built on Feb. 13, 2022, 2:33 p.m.