README.md

In vikjam/tractR: Wrapper for the U.S. Census Batch Geocoder

tractR

Simple R Wrapper for the Census Batch Geocoder API

Installation

Using the R package devtools, you can easily install tractR.

devtools::install_github('vikjam/tractR')

Use

library(data.table)
library(stringr)
library(tractR)
CAMBRIDGE_URL <- 'https://data.cambridgema.gov/api/views/crnm-mw9n/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD&bom=true'
assessing     <- fread(CAMBRIDGE_URL, nrows = 10)
assessing$id  <- 1:nrow(assessing)
assessing$Zip <- str_pad(assessing$Zip, 5, pad = '0')

assessing.geo <- getTracts(data       = assessing,
                           unique_id  = 'id',
                           address    = 'Mailing Address',
                           city       = 'City',
                           state      = 'State',
                           postalcode = 'Zip')

print(assessing.geo)

| id|submit.addr |match |quality |result.addr |lat.lon | tiger.id|side | state| county| tract| block| |--:|:-------------------------------------------------------|:--------|:---------|:----------------------------------------------|:-------------------|---------:|:----|-----:|------:|------:|-----:| | 3|P.O. BOX#19, CAMBRIDGE, MA, 02141 |No_Match | | | | NA| | NA| NA| NA| NA| | 2|14 HILL STREET, WOBURN, MA, 01801 |Match |Exact |14 HILL ST, WOBURN, MA, 01801 |-71.11787,42.479633 | 87105447|L | 25| 17| 333400| 1026| | 1|225 MONSIGNOR OBRIEN HWY, CAMBRIDGE, MA, 02141 |Match |Exact |225 MONSIGNOR OBRIEN HWY, CAMBRIDGE, MA, 02141 |-71.080376,42.37281 | 87108564|R | 25| 17| 352101| 1006| | 10|777 E. EISENHOWER PKWY SUITE #235, ANN ARBOR, MA, 48108 |No_Match | | | | NA| | NA| NA| NA| NA| | 7|79 CHANDLER ST., #6, BOSTON, MA, 02116 |Match |Exact |79 CHANDLER ST, BOSTON, MA, 02116 |-71.07247,42.346565 | 85698106|R | 25| 25| 70300| 3003| | 6|P.O. BOX 444, WEST HYANNISPORT, MA, 02672 |No_Match | | | | NA| | NA| NA| NA| NA| | 5|261 LEDYARD ST., NEW LONDON, CT, 06320 |Match |Exact |261 LEDYARD ST, NEW LONDON, CT, 06320 |-72.10897,41.36469 | 56850523|R | 9| 11| 690300| 1013| | 4|262 MONSIGNOR O'BRIEN HWY, CAMBRIDGE, MA, 02141 |Match |Non_Exact |262 MONSIGNOR OBRIEN HWY, CAMBRIDGE, MA, 02141 |-71.08212,42.37369 | 87090708|L | 25| 17| 351500| 1033| | 9|4 CANAL PK, UNIT #109, CAMBRIDGE, MA, 02141 |Match |Exact |4 CANAL PARK, CAMBRIDGE, MA, 02141 |-71.07678,42.36993 | 636268605|R | 25| 17| 352102| 1001| | 8|4 CANAL PARK #108, CAMBRIDGE, MA, 02141 |Match |Exact |4 CANAL PARK, CAMBRIDGE, MA, 02141 |-71.07678,42.36993 | 636268605|R | 25| 17| 352102| 1001|

Credits

The tractR logo is a mash-up of logos from the Noun Project: Tractor (Oliviu Stoian), Wagon (Symbolon), and US Map (DeeAnn Gray).

vikjam/tractR documentation built on Sept. 10, 2021, 12:08 p.m.