geobr (version 1.5)

read_amazon: Download official data of Brazil's Legal Amazon as an sf object.

Description

This data set covers the whole of Brazil's Legal Amazon as defined in the federal law n. 12.651/2012). The original data comes from the Brazilian Ministry of Environment (MMA) and can be found at http://mapas.mma.gov.br/i3geo/datadownload.htm .

Usage

read_amazon(year = 2012, simplified = TRUE, showProgress = TRUE)

Arguments

year

A date number in YYYY format (defaults to 2012)

simplified

Logic FALSE or TRUE, indicating whether the function returns the data set with 'original' resolution or a data set with 'simplified' borders (Defaults to TRUE). For spatial analysis and statistics users should set simplified = FALSE. Borders have been simplified by removing vertices of borders using st_simplifysf preserving topology with a dTolerance of 100.

showProgress

Logical. Defaults to (TRUE) display progress bar

See Also

Other general area functions: read_biomes(), read_census_tract(), read_conservation_units(), read_country(), read_health_region(), read_immediate_region(), read_intermediate_region(), read_meso_region(), read_micro_region(), read_municipality(), read_neighborhood(), read_region(), read_semiarid(), read_state(), read_statistical_grid(), read_weighting_area()

Examples

# NOT RUN {
library(geobr)

# Read Brazilian Legal Amazon
  a <- read_amazon(year=2012)
# }
# NOT RUN {
# }