ne_download | R Documentation |
returns downloaded data as a spatial object or the filename if
load=FALSE
. if destdir
is specified the data can be reloaded in
a later R session using ne_load
with the same arguments.
ne_download(
scale = 110,
type = "countries",
category = c("cultural", "physical", "raster"),
destdir = tempdir(),
load = TRUE,
returnclass = c("sp", "sf")
)
scale |
scale of map to return, one of |
type |
type of natural earth file to download one of 'countries', 'map_units', 'map_subunits', 'sovereignty', 'states' OR the portion of any natural earth vector url after the scale and before the . e.g. for 'ne_50m_urban_areas.zip' this would be 'urban_areas'. See Details. OR the raster filename e.g. for 'MSR_50M.zip' this would be 'MSR_50M' |
category |
one of natural earth categories : 'cultural', 'physical', 'raster' |
destdir |
where to save files, defaults to |
load |
TRUE/FALSE whether to load file into R and return |
returnclass |
'sp' default or 'sf' for Simple Features |
A non-exhaustive list of datasets available according to
scale
specified by the type
param
scale = 'small' | scale = 'medium' | scale = 'large' | |
category = 'physical', type = '[below]' | |||
coastline | y | y | y |
land | y | y | y |
ocean | y | y | y |
rivers_lake_centerlines | y | y | y |
lakes | y | y | y |
glaciated_areas | y | y | y |
antarctic_ice_shelves_polys | - | y | y |
geographic_lines | y | y | y |
graticules_1 | y | y | y |
graticules_30 | y | y | y |
wgs84_bounding_box | y | y | y |
playas | - | y | y |
minor_islands | - | - | y |
reefs | - | - | y |
category = 'cultural', type = '[below]' | |||
populated_places | y | y | y |
boundary_lines_land | y | y | y |
breakaway_disputed_areas | - | y | y |
airports | - | y | y |
ports | - | y | y |
urban_areas | - | y | y |
roads | - | - | y |
railroads | - | - | y |
A Spatial
object depending on the data (points, lines,
polygons or raster), unless load=FALSE in which case it returns the name of
the downloaded shapefile (without extension).
ne_load
, pre-downloaded data are available using
ne_countries
, ne_states
. Other geographic data
are available in the raster package : getData
.
## Not run:
spdf_world <- ne_download(scale = 110, type = "countries")
if (require(sp)) {
plot(spdf_world)
plot(ne_download(type = "populated_places"))
}
# reloading from the saved file in the same session with same arguments
spdf_world2 <- ne_load(scale = 110, type = "countries")
# download followed by load from specified directory will work across sessions
spdf_world <- ne_download(scale = 110, type = "countries", destdir = getwd())
spdf_world2 <- ne_load(scale = 110, type = "countries", destdir = getwd())
# for raster, here an example with Manual Shaded Relief (MSR) download & load
rst <- ne_download(scale = 50, type = "MSR_50M", category = "raster", destdir = getwd())
# load after having downloaded
rst <- ne_load(
scale = 50, type = "MSR_50M", category = "raster", destdir =
getwd()
)
# plot
library(terra)
terra::plot(rst)
# end dontrun
## End(Not run)
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