download.shapefiles: Batch downloads, unzips, and processes TIGER shapefiles....

Description Usage Arguments Examples

Description

Batch downloads, unzips, and processes TIGER shapefiles. Unprocessed files are stored in a temporary directory and deleted post facto. Be sure to use https if you encounter issues.

Usage

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url

URL to download page for TIGER shapefiles.

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TN = download.shapefiles(url = "http://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2010/BG/2000/tl_2010_47_bg00.zip")
head(TN)
      long      lat group        GEOID
1 -88.21252 34.99558   0.1 470719806003
2 -88.21373 34.99558   0.1 470719806003
3 -88.21489 34.99558   0.1 470719806003
4 -88.21767 34.99557   0.1 470719806003
5 -88.22340 34.99554   0.1 470719806003
6 -88.22428 34.99554   0.1 470719806003

TN_2010 = download.shapefiles(url = c("https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2010/BG/2010/tl_2010_47_bg10.zip"))

nancyorgan/demogromatics documentation built on May 29, 2019, 1:19 p.m.