writeToGISDataset: Write a geospatial object to a GIS dataset

In wStockhausen/wtsGIS: Functions, Rmd scripts, and datasets to facilitate GIS operations

Write a geospatial object to a GIS dataset

Description

Function to write a geospatial object (e.g., an sf dataset) to a GIS dataset.

Usage

writeToGISDataset(
  obj,
  driver = "ESRI Shapefile",
  dsn = ".",
  delete_dsn = FALSE,
  layer = NULL,
  delete_layer = TRUE
)

Arguments

obj	a geospatial object to convert to GIS dataset
driver	name of dataset driver (run sf::st_drivers() to see installed drivers )
dsn	dsn for output (folder or file, depending on output)
delete_dsn	flag to delete the dsn before writing
layer	name of layer written to (assuming dsn has layers), or NULL
delete_layer	flag to delete the layer before writing

Details

Wrapper for functions sf::st_write for objects of class 'sf' or 'sfc' or rgdal::writeOGR for objects of class Spatial.

#–former importFrom rgdal writeOGR

Value

an invisible NULL.

wStockhausen/wtsGIS documentation built on Aug. 23, 2023, 2:31 a.m.