shp2df: Import ESRI shapefiles into R data frame

In flaneuse/geocenter: Helper Functions for Spatial Processing and Mapping

Description

Import shapefile and convert into lat/lon coordinates to plot in R or Tableau

Usage

shp2df(baseDir = getwd(), folderName = NULL, layerName, exportData = TRUE,
  fileName = layerName, getCentroids = TRUE, labelVar = NA,
  reproject = TRUE,
  projection = "+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +no_defs +ellps=WGS84 +towgs84=0,0,0")

Arguments

baseDir	string containing the name of the base directotry containing the shapefile
folderName	(optional) string containing the name of the folder within baseDir containing the shapefile. Not required if baseDir contains the full name of the folder containing the shapefile
layerName	string containing the name of the shapefile, e.g. 'district_boundary' for 'district_boundary.shp'. Should not include '.shp'
exportData	Boolean for whether to save the data as a .csv after importing
fileName	string containing the name of the .csv to be exported; by default, will be the same as the inputted .shp file
labelVar	string containing the variable name containing the names of the polygons (for instance, the names of the provinces, districts, etc.)
reproject	Boolean specifying whether to reproject the data
projection	CRS projection string to standardize the projection of the shapefile

Details

View available projections with 'projInfo(type = 'proj')' View available datum with 'projInfo(type = 'datum')' View available ellipsoids with 'projInfo(type = 'ellps')'

Author(s)

Laura Hughes, [e-mail]

flaneuse/geocenter documentation built on May 16, 2019, 1:18 p.m.