In poissonconsulting/pgfsr: Client for pg_featureserv RESTful web service

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pgfeatureserv

pgfeatureserv is an R client for pg_featureserv, a RESTful web service that provides access to spatial data stored in PostGIS tables, as well as spatial processing capability based on PostGIS spatial functions.

For more information on pg_featureserv:
- User Guide
- API Summary
- Github Page

Work with collections

Get information about collections or a single collection:

• pgf_collections()
• pgf_collection_properties()
• pgf_collection_description()
• pgf_collection_crs()
• pgf_collection_bbox()
• pgf_collection_geometry_type()

Query features or a single feature from a collection:

• pgf_collection_features()
• pgf_collection_feature()

Work with functions

Get information about functions or a single function:

• pgf_functions()
• pgf_function_properties()
• pgf_function_parameters()
• pgf_function_description()

Execute a spatial function and get result:

• pgf_function_result()

Installation

You can install the development version of pgfeatureserv from GitHub with:

# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("poissonconsulting/pgfeatureserv")

Demonstration

Lookup available collections in BC Freshwater Atlas:

base_url <- "https://features.hillcrestgeo.ca/"
path <- "fwa"
collections <- pgfeatureserv::pgf_collections(base_url = base_url, path = path)
collections$id

Get Sangan River from the stream network collection:

coll <- "whse_basemapping.fwa_stream_networks_sp"
river <- pgfeatureserv::pgf_collection_features(coll, base_url = base_url, path = path,
                 filter = list(gnis_name = "Sangan River"))
class(river)
river[1:5, 1:4]

Code of Conduct

Please note that the pgfeatureserv project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.

poissonconsulting/pgfsr documentation built on Nov. 4, 2024, 4:02 p.m.