process.shapefiles: Process TIGER shapefiles Process shapefiles into a usable...

Description Usage Arguments Examples

Description

Process TIGER shapefiles Process shapefiles into a usable format. This function is helpful if you have already downloaded the shapefiles and need to process them from data stored locally. Alternatively, you can use this function as part of an API download.

Usage

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process.shapefiles(folder, shapefile)

Arguments

folder

The path of the folder that contains the shapefile and other files with .dbf, .prj, .xml, and .shx extensions.

shapefile

The name of the shapefile WITHOUT the path or .shp extension

Examples

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process.shapefiles(folder = "./my_shapefiles", shapefile = "tl_2010_47_county00")
process.shapefiles(folder = "./my_shapefiles", shapefile = "tl_2010_53_bg10")

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