giscoR (version 0.2.4)

gisco_bulk_download: Bulk download from GISCO API

Description

Downloads zipped data from GISCO and extract them on the cache_dir folder.

Usage

gisco_bulk_download(
  id_giscoR = "countries",
  year = "2016",
  cache_dir = NULL,
  update_cache = FALSE,
  verbose = FALSE,
  resolution = "10",
  ext = "geojson",
  recursive = TRUE
)

Arguments

id_giscoR

Type of dataset to be downloaded. Values supported are:

• "coastallines"

• "communes"

• "countries"

• "lau"

• "nuts"

• "urban_audit"

year

Release year. See Release years available on gisco_get.

cache_dir

A path to a cache directory. See Details on gisco_get.

update_cache

A logical whether to update cache. Default is FALSE. When set to TRUE it would force a fresh download of the source .geojson file.

verbose

Display information. Useful for debugging, default is FALSE.

resolution

Resolution of the geospatial data. One of

• "60": 1:60million

• "20": 1:20million

• "10": 1:10million

• "03": 1:3million

• "01": 1:1million

ext

Extension of the file(s) to be downloaded. Available formats are "geojson", "shp", "svg", "json", "gdb". See Details.

recursive

Tries to unzip recursively the zip files (if any) included in the initial bulk download (case of ext = "shp".

Value

Silent function.

Details

See the years available in gisco_get

The usual extension used across giscoR is "geojson", however other formats are already available on GISCO.

This function helps building a personal shape library on cache_dir (or options(gisco_cache_dir = "path/to/dir"), if set by the user).

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# Countries 2016 - It would take some time
gisco_bulk_download(id_giscoR = "countries", resolution = "60")
# }