geocode_address: Function to get coordinates from a supplied address If no...

In rOpenHealth/rpubmed: rpubmed

Description

Function to get coordinates from a supplied address If no match is found, it recursively calls itself on the address minus the first line of the address

Usage

geocode_address(address, depth = 3, sleeper = 0)

Arguments

address	string
depth	depth integer recursion depth for attempting to get coordinates. If the full address fails to get a hit, the function is called again with the first line of the address removed. The process is repeated depth times before returning NAs
sleeper	numeric Number of seconds to pause after doing the geocoding

Value

vector of address, lat, long

Examples

## Not run: 
x <- "Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts AL5 2JQ, UK."
geocode_address(x)

## End(Not run)

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