mongolstats (version 0.1.1)

mn_fuzzy_join_by_name: Fuzzy join data to boundaries by name

Description

Fuzzy join data to boundaries by name

Usage

mn_fuzzy_join_by_name(
  data,
  name_col,
  level = "ADM1",
  boundaries = NULL,
  max_distance = 2,
  method = c("osa", "lv", "jw", "dl")
)

Value

sf with best fuzzy matches joined.

Arguments

data

Data frame with a name column.

name_col

Column in data containing names.

level

Boundary level.

boundaries

Optional pre-fetched boundaries.

max_distance

Maximum string distance for a match (default 2).

method

Distance method passed to stringdist::stringdist.

Examples

# Join even with minor spelling differences
pop_data <- data.frame(aimag = c("Ulanbatar", "Darhan"), pop = c(1500000, 100000))
sf_joined <- mn_fuzzy_join_by_name(pop_data, "aimag", level = "ADM1")