MazamaLocationUtils (version 0.1.6)

mazama_initialize: Initialize with MazamaScience standard directories

Description

Convenience function to initialize spatial data. Wraps the following setup lines:

MazamaSpatialUtils::setSpatialDataDir(spatialDataDir)
MazamaSpatialUtils::loadSpatialData("EEZCountries")
MazamaSpatialUtils::loadSpatialData("OSMTimezones")
MazamaSpatialUtils::loadSpatialData("NaturalEarthAdm1")
MazamaSpatialUtils::loadSpatialData("USCensusCounties")

Usage

mazama_initialize(spatialDataDir = "~/Data/Spatial")

Arguments

spatialDataDir

Directory where spatial datasets are found, Default: "~/Data/Spatial"

Value

No return value.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# Set up directory for spatial data
spatialDataDir <- tempdir() # typically "~/Data/Spatial"
MazamaSpatialUtils::setSpatialDataDir(spatialDataDir)

# Install core spatial datasets (168 MB download)
MazamaSpatialUtils::installSpatialData()

exists("NaturalEarthAdm1")
mazama_initialize(spatialDataDir)
exists("NaturalEarthAdm1")
class(NaturalEarthAdm1)
# }