terra (version 1.5-17)

writeVector: Write SpatVector data to a file

Description

Write a SpatVector to a file. You can choose one of many file formats.

Usage

# S4 method for SpatVector,character
writeVector(x, filename, filetype=NULL, layer=NULL, 
		insert=FALSE, overwrite=FALSE, options="ENCODING=UTF-8")

Arguments

x

SpatVector

filename

character. Output filename

filetype

character. A file format associated with a GDAL "driver" such as "ESRI Shapefile". See gdal(drivers=TRUE). If NULL it is attempted to guess the filetype from the filename extension

layer

character. Output layer name. If NULL the filename is used

insert

logical. If TRUE, a new layer is inserted into the file, if the format allows it (e.g. GPKG allows that). See vector_layers to remove a layer

overwrite

logical. If TRUE, filename is overwritten

options

character. Format specific GDAL options such as "ENCODING=UTF-8". Use NULL or "" to not use any options

Examples

# NOT RUN {
v <- vect(cbind(1:5,1:5))
crs(v) <- "+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84"
v$id <- 1:length(v)
v$name <- letters[1:length(v)]
tmpf1 <- tempfile()
writeVector(v, tmpf1)
x <- vect(tmpf1)

f <- system.file("ex/lux.shp", package="terra")
v <- vect(f)
tmpf2 <- tempfile()
writeVector(v, tmpf2)
y <- vect(tmpf2)
# }