Rnightlights (version 0.2.3)

searchAdmLevel: Search for the admLevel by official name

Description

Search for the admLevel by official name. Expects the shapefile to already exist.

Usage

searchAdmLevel(ctryCodes = NULL, admLevelNames, dnldPoly = TRUE,
  downloadMethod = pkgOptions("downloadMethod"),
  gadmVersion = pkgOptions("gadmVersion"), custPolyPath = NULL)

Arguments

ctryCodes

character The ctryCodes of the country of interest

admLevelNames

character The names to search for

dnldPoly

logical If the country polygon doesn't exist should we download it?

downloadMethod

The method used to download polygons

gadmVersion

The GADM version to use

custPolyPath

Alternative to GADM. A path to a custom shapefile zip

Value

character vector of admin level names

Examples

# NOT RUN {
searchAdmLevel("KEN", "county")
#returns "KEN_adm1"
# }
# NOT RUN {
# }