OzShapefiles: Pre-processed Shapefiles
In mjkerrison/OzMap: Geographical Data for Australian Statistics

Four "SpatialPolygonsDataFrame" objects, describing both Local Government Areas (LGAs) and postcode boundaries (POAs) in both the resolution at which the Australian Bureau of Statistics provides them and in a simplified form (substantially smaller size-wise and thus better for performance when rendering them on a map).

BigLGA

BigPOA

SimpleLGA

SimplePOA

A SpatialPolygonsDataFrame (see "sp" or other packages):

BigLGA: 545 high-resolution Local Government Area polygons.
SimpleLGA: 545 simplified Local Government Area polygons.
BigPOA: 2668 high-resolution postcode boundary polygons.
SimplePOA: 2668 simplified postcode boundary polygons.

The Big___ SPDFs were imported using the "rgdal" package. Inspect the ReadOzShapefile function for details.
The Simple___ SPDFs use rmapshaper to intelligently simplify the Big___ SPDFs. This is important for object size and performance when rendering in e.g. plotly, ggplot2 or leaflet. Inspect the SimplifyOzShapefile function for details.

https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/1270.0.55.003

mjkerrison/OzMap documentation built on Dec. 27, 2019, 2:18 a.m.