ecochange (version 2.9.3.3)

getGADM: Get Geographic Adminitrative Unit

Description

This function can retrieve Geographic Administrative Data Maps (GADM).

Usage

getGADM(unit.nm = NULL, 
    level = 2, country = "COL", 
    ext = "json", path = tempdir())

Value

SpatialPolygonsDataFrame or character vector of GADM units..

Arguments

unit.nm

character or NULL. Name of Geographic Administrative Data Map (e.g., municipality), or the name of such an unit plus its corresponding higher-level unit (e.g., department/state). If NULL then a list of administrative subdivisions is printed.

level

numeric. A number between zero and two, indicating any of the levels of administrative subdivisions (0=country, 1=first administrative subdivision, and 2=second administrative subdivision).

country

character. ISO code specifying a country. Default 'COL'.

ext

character. File extension of the retrieved data file. Default 'json'.

path

character. Path name indicating where the unit will be stored. Default stores the data in a temporary directory.

Author

Wilson Lara Henao [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3527-1380>), Victor Gutierrez-Velez [aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1338-2020>), Ivan Gonzalez [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0313-398X>), Maria C. Londono [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2317-5503>)

References

https://gadm.org/

Examples

## Printing municipalities of Colombia:

    ## \donttest{
    ##     muni <- getGADM(NA)
    ##     head(muni)
    ## }