MazamaSpatialUtils (version 0.6.4)

convertIndianLands: Convert Indian Lands Shapefile

Description

A shapefile is downloaded and converted to a SpatialPolygonsDataFrame with additional columns of data. The resulting file will be created in the spatial data directory which is set with setSpatialDataDir()

Usage

convertIndianLands(nameOnly = FALSE)

Arguments

nameOnly

logical specifying whether to only return the name without creating the file

Value

Name of the dataset being created.

Details

The USIndianLands shapefile represents lands administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, ie. Indian reservations and is compiled by the National Atlas of the United States of America.

References

https://nationalmap.gov/small_scale/atlasftp.html#indlanp

https://nationalmap.gov/small_scale/mld/indlanp.html

See Also

setSpatialDataDir