MazamaLocationUtils (version 0.2.0)

location_initialize: Create known location record with core metadata

Description

Creates a known location record with the following columns of core metadata:

• locationID

• locationName

• longitude

• latitude

• elevation

• countryCode

• stateCode

• county

• timezone

• houseNumber

• street

• city

• zip

Usage

location_initialize(
  longitude = NULL,
  latitude = NULL,
  stateDataset = "NaturalEarthAdm1",
  elevationService = NULL,
  addressService = NULL,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

longitude

Single longitude in decimal degrees E.

latitude

Single latitude in decimal degrees N.

stateDataset

Name of spatial dataset to use for determining state

elevationService

Name of the elevation service to use for determining the elevation. Default: NULL. Accepted values: "usgs".

addressService

Name of the address service to use for determining the street address. Default: NULL Accepted values: "photon".

verbose

Logical controlling the generation of progress messages.

Value

Tibble with a single new known location.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
library(MazamaLocationUtils)

# Set up standard directories and spatial data
spatialDataDir <- tempdir() # typically "~/Data/Spatial"
mazama_initialize(spatialDataDir)

# Wenatchee
lon <- -120.325278
lat <- 47.423333
locationRecord <- location_initialize(lon, lat)
# }