geocode_address: Function to get coordinates from a supplied address If no...

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Description

Function to get coordinates from a supplied address If no match is found, it recursively calls itself on the address minus the first line of the address

Usage

  geocode_address(address, depth = 3)

Arguments

address	string
depth	depth integer recursion depth for attempting to get coordinates. If the full address fails to get a hit, the function is called again with the first line of the address removed. The process is repeated depth times before returning NAs

Value

vector of address, lat, long

Examples

## Not run: 
x <- "Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts AL5 2JQ, UK."
geocode_address(x)

## End(Not run)

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