info.shape: Extract information of shape file

Description

Extract and provide data features, different fields, country subdivisions and area names from shape file. This function is particularly useful to know "boundary.label" parameter input and spelling of current names of different areas.

Usage

info.shape(shapedir, shapename)

Arguments

shapedir

Directory path where the shape files were kept. If not specified, it assumes that the shape files are in the current working directory. Character. Default is "WorkingDir".

shapename

Name of shape file excluding extension (.shp). Character.

Value

List of values including boundary label parameter input, names of areas

References

www.gadm.org, version 2.8, November 2015.

Pineda, M. C., Lopez-Legentil, S., & Turon, X. (2011). The whereabouts of an ancient wanderer: global phylogeography of the solitary ascidian Styela plicata. PLoS One, 6(9), e25495. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025495.

Zhao, K., Tung, C. W., Eizenga, G. C., Wright, M. H., Ali, M. L., Price, A. H., ... & McClung, A. M. (2011). Genome-wide association mapping reveals a rich genetic architecture of complex traits in Oryza sativa. Nature communications, 2, 467. doi:10.1038/ncomms1467.

Bivand, R. S., Pebesma, E. J., Gomez-Rubio, V., & Pebesma, E. J. (2008). Applied spatial data analysis with R (Vol. 747248717). New York: Springer.

http://www.caliper.com/Support/answer11.htm

http://www.fao.org/geonetwork/srv/en/metadata.show?id=12691&currTab=simple

http://ungiwg.org/coreDB

Examples

Run this code

# NOT RUN {
filePATH <- system.file("Bangladesh", package="mapReasy") 

info<-info.shape(shapedir= filePATH, shapename="BGD_adm1")

info
# }