mr_geo_code: Geocode with Marineregions

In ropenscilabs/mregions: Marine Regions Data from 'Marineregions.org'

Geocode with Marineregions

Description

Geocode with Marineregions

Usage

mr_geo_code(place, like = TRUE, fuzzy = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

place	(character) a place name
like	(logical) adds a percent-sign before and after place value (a SQL LIKE function). Default: TRUE
fuzzy	(logical) Uses Levenshtein query to find nearest matches. Default: FALSE
...	Curl options passed on to httr::GET()

Value

If no results, an empty list. If results found, a data.frame with the columns:

• MRGID (integer)

• gazetteerSource (character)

• placeType (character)

• latitude (numeric)

• longitude (numeric)

• minLatitude (numeric)

• minLongitude (numeric)

• maxLatitude (numeric)

• maxLongitude (numeric)

• precision (numeric)

• preferredGazetteerName (character)

• preferredGazetteerNameLang (character)

• status (character)

• accepted (integer)

Examples

## Not run: 
# search for 'oostende', like=TRUE, and not fuzzy
mr_geo_code(place = "oostende", like = TRUE, fuzzy = FALSE)

# search for 'oostende', like=FALSE, and not fuzzy
mr_geo_code(place = "oostende", like = FALSE, fuzzy = FALSE)

# search for 'oostende', like=FALSE, and fuzzy
mr_geo_code(place = "oostende", like = FALSE, fuzzy = TRUE)

# search for 'oostende', like=TRUE, and fuzzy
mr_geo_code(place = "oostende", like = TRUE, fuzzy = TRUE)

# search for 'ast', like=TRUE, and fuzzy
mr_geo_code(place = "ast", like = TRUE, fuzzy = TRUE)

## End(Not run)

ropenscilabs/mregions documentation built on Feb. 28, 2024, 9:21 p.m.