loadSpatial: Load Spatial Data

In ecoservR/ecoserv_tool: Natural Capital Mapping Toolkit (UK)

Load Spatial Data

Description

This function looks into a folder for a specified file type and loads all corresponding files into a list. It has the option of adding a query layer to only read in memory the features that intersect an area of interest.

Usage

loadSpatial(folder, layer = NULL, filetype, querylayer = NULL)

Arguments

folder	Folder where spatial file or files are stored
layer	Layer name if several layers present in folder
filetype	File format. Accepted file extensions are "gpkg", "shp", "json", "gz", "gml", "tab".
querylayer	A sf vector layer to use as a spatial query to only load intersecting features. Speeds up data import; default NULL for no spatial query.

Value

A list of spatial files

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