get_data {rnaturalearth} | R Documentation |
Get data from within the package
Description
returns world country polygons at a specified scale, used by ne_countries()
Usage
get_data(
scale = 110,
type = c("countries", "map_units", "sovereignty", "tiny_countries")
)
Arguments
scale |
The scale of map to return, one of '110', '50', '10' or 'small', 'medium', 'large'. |
type |
country type, one of 'countries', 'map_units', 'sovereignty', 'tiny_countries' |
Details
Note that the filename of the requested object will be returned if 'load = FALSE'.
Value
A sf
object.
See Also
ne_load
, pre-downloaded data are available using
ne_countries
, ne_states
. Other geographic data
are available in the raster package : getData
.
Examples
## Not run:
spdf_world <- ne_download(scale = 110, type = "countries")
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)
[Package rnaturalearth version 1.0.1 Index]