download_absmaps: Download ABS ASGS shapefile data, compress and save as an...

In wfmackey/absmaps: Download and Use Maps Data from the Australia Bureau of Statistics

Description

Download ABS ASGS shapefile data, compress and save as an sf object.

Arguments

area	The area you want to download/convert/compress. One of: "sa1", "sa2, "sa3", "sa4", "gcc", "state", "ra" (remoteness area), "mesh_[STATE]" (eg mesh_nsw, mesh_tas, mesh_wa), "indigenous_locations", "indigenous_area", "indigenous_regions", "ced" (Commonwealth electoral district), "sed" (State electoral district), "lga" (local government area)
year	The year of the ASGS data. Defaults to 2016, but 2011 will be useful for older data.
saveDirectory	The existing path to which your map data is saved. Default is the current working directory.
mapCompression	The compression level of your map data. Default is 0.1 – 10 per cent of original detail – which makes clear, detailed maps. Higher compression leads to greater map file size with, in most cases, little visual benefit. Map compression can be set to "off".
removeSourceFiles	Remove the original ABS shapefile data after compression. Defaults to TRUE.

Examples

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download_absmaps("state", 2016, saveDirectory = "data")

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wfmackey/absmaps documentation built on Oct. 4, 2021, 8:23 p.m.