write_shapefile: Function to export geometries as shapefiles.

In skgrange/gissr: Tools To Make Working With R and Spatial Data Easier

Function to export geometries as shapefiles.

Description

write_shapefile uses rgdal::writeOGR for the shapefile writer and will write projection information. write_shapefile will create the directory where the shapefile is to be exported if necessary.

Usage

write_shapefile(sp, file)

Arguments

sp	Spatial object to be written as a shapefile.
file	Filename of shapefile to write. file will be cleaned to be the "base" filename because many files make up a shapefile.

Author(s)

Stuart K. Grange

Examples

## Not run: 

write_shapefile(sp_county, "~/Desktop/county_spatial_data")


## End(Not run)

skgrange/gissr documentation built on Feb. 24, 2024, 2:55 p.m.