readWDPA: Read World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) data

In pik-piam/geodata: Landuse geodata library

Description

Reads the World Database on Protected Areas, so polygons of the worldwide protected areas. Output can also be converted to raster data.

Usage

readWDPA(rasterize=F, rast=NULL, res=NULL, getCover=F, rCache=T, wCache=T)

Arguments

rasterize	if TRUE, polygons are rasterized
rast	specify a raster here that should be used for rasterizing the polygons accordingly
res	alternatively to rast the raster resolution can be set
getCover	if TRUE, returns the share of each cell covered by protected areas
rCache	TRUE: read the data from cache if available
wCache	write the data to cache if it has been newly created

Value

The WDPA polygons or alternatively a raster dataset if rasterize is set to TRUE

Author(s)

Ulrich Kreidenweis

See Also

readBH, readFF, readCPD

Examples

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