Load and format shapefile for use with res_local_map
load_shp_file(path, dissolve_boundaries = TRUE)
path to shapefile and name
logical, should reserve boundaries be dissolved? Defaults to TRUE
Returns a sp
object
This function is intended for internal use with the NERRS reserve level reporting scripts. It loads a NERRS boundary shp file and dissolves unnecessary reserve boundaries. The resulting sp
object is then used with res_sk_map
and res_local_map