censusByCoord: Get census information by coordinates.

In kintero/usbbmap: Provide access to National Broadband Map API: http:// www.broadbandmap.gov/

Description

This function returns the US Census Block geography ID information given a passed Latitude and Longitude. Latest data version released jun2014. Previous data versions include jun2011, dec2011, jun2012, dec2012, jun2013, dec2013.

Usage

censusByCoord(lat = NULL, lon = NULL, geographyType = NULL)

Arguments

lat	A numeric value, latitude
lon	A numeric value, longitude
geographyType	A character. Valid geography types: state, county, tract, block, congdistrict, statehouse, statesenate, censusplace, msa.

Value

A dataframe with following information: http://www.broadbandmap.gov/broadbandmap/api/dictionary/v1/census?format=json

Examples

censusByCoord(lat=25.7766074, lon = -80.3714869, geographyType="block")

kintero/usbbmap documentation built on May 20, 2019, 10:02 a.m.