geobr (version 1.6)

read_amazon: Download spatial data of Brazil's Legal Amazon

Description

This data set covers the whole of Brazil's Legal Amazon as defined in the federal law n. 12.651/2012). The original data comes from the Brazilian Ministry of Environment (MMA) and can be found at "http://mapas.mma.gov.br/i3geo/datadownload.htm".

Usage

read_amazon(year = 2012, simplified = TRUE, showProgress = TRUE)

Arguments

year

A date number in YYYY format. Defaults to 2012

simplified

Logic FALSE or TRUE, indicating whether the function returns the data set with original' resolution or a data set with 'simplified' borders. Defaults to TRUE. For spatial analysis and statistics users should set simplified = FALSE. Borders have been simplified by removing vertices of borders using sf::st_simplify() preserving topology with a dTolerance of 100.

showProgress

Logical. Defaults to TRUE display progress bar

Value

An "sf" "data.frame" object

See Also

Other general area functions: read_biomes(), read_census_tract(), read_comparable_areas(), read_conservation_units(), read_country(), read_health_region(), read_immediate_region(), read_intermediate_region(), read_meso_region(), read_micro_region(), read_municipality(), read_neighborhood(), read_region(), read_semiarid(), read_state(), read_statistical_grid(), read_weighting_area()

Examples

# NOT RUN {
 if (interactive()) {
# Read Brazilian Legal Amazon
a <- read_amazon(year = 2012)
}
# }