geonames (version 0.6)

Topography: Topographic queries

Description

Get topographic (height) information.

Usage

GNgtopo30(lat,lng)
GNsrtm3(lat,lng)

Arguments

lat

Decimal latitude. North is positive

lng

Decimal longitude. East is positive

Value

• List or data frame objects with the query results.

Details

These functions query geonames for information about elevations. There are interfaces to SRTM3 and Gtopo30 data.

See http://www.geonames.org/export/ws-overview.html for a full description of valid arguments and return values