eechidna (version 1.1)

download_ShapeFile: Download electorate shapefiles

Description

Download electorate shapefiles

Usage

download_ShapeFile(url = "http://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/gis/gis_datadownload.htm",
  exdir = "temp", debug = FALSE)

Arguments

url

url of aec website

exdir

relative path of folder where shapefile should be downloaded to

debug

boolean for dev people to debug this thing!

Value

object of class SpatialPolygonsDataFrame

Examples

## Not run: ------------------------------------
# x <- download_ShapeFile(exdir = "Shapefiles")
# # user input 21
# sFsmall <- rmapshaper::ms_simplify(x, keep=0.01) # use instead of thinnedSpatialPoly
# plot(sFsmall)
# 
# # Download NSW state electorates
# # the URLs are split to avoid CRAN notes about long line widths
# url <- paste0("http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/", 
# "about_elections/electoral_boundaries/",
# "electoral_maps/gda94_geographical_midmif_files")
# x <- download_ShapeFile(exdir = "temp", url = url)
# 
# # Download WA state electorates
# url <- paste0("http://boundaries.wa.gov.au/",
# "electoral-boundaries/,"
# "11-march-2017-state-general-election-boundaries")
# x <- download_ShapeFile(exdir = "temp", url = url)
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