MazamaLocationUtils (version 0.3.11)

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.rda")
MazamaSpatialUtils::loadSpatialData("OSMTimezones.rda")
MazamaSpatialUtils::loadSpatialData("NaturalEarthAdm1.rda")
MazamaSpatialUtils::loadSpatialData("USCensusCounties.rda")

Usage

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

Value

No return value.

Arguments

spatialDataDir

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

Examples

# \donttest{
library(MazamaLocationUtils)

# Fail gracefully if any resources are not available
try({

  # Set up directory for spatial data
  spatialDataDir <- tempdir() # typically "~/Data/Spatial"
  MazamaSpatialUtils::setSpatialDataDir(spatialDataDir)

  exists("NaturalEarthAdm1")
  mazama_initialize(spatialDataDir)
  exists("NaturalEarthAdm1")
  class(NaturalEarthAdm1)
  
}, silent = FALSE)
# }