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Simple Features for R

A package that provides simple features access for R.

Install by

library(devtools)
install_github("edzer/sfr")

The current version depends on a fork of Tim Keitt's github package rgdal2, installed by

install_github("edzer/rgdal2")

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install.packages('sf')

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0.1-1

License

GPL-2 | MIT + file LICENSE

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Maintainer

Edzer Pebesma

Last Published

November 28th, 2025

Functions in sf (0.1-1)

ST_sf

create sf object
ST_sfc

verify simple feature
ST

Create a point simple feature from a numeric vector
summary.sfc

summarize simple feature column
ST_as.sfc.SpatialPolygons

coerce SpatialPolygons object into sfc
ST_as.WKT

Return Well-known Text representation of simple feature item
read.sf

read simple features from file or database
bbox

Return bounding of a simple feature or simple feature set
ST_as.sf

convert foreign object to an sf object
ST_as.sf.Spatial

convert foreign object to an sf object
geometry,sf-method

get geometry from sf object
sf.types

data.frame listing all the simple feature types
ST_as.sfc.SpatialLines

coerce SpatialLines object into sfc
ST_as.sfc

convert foreign geometry object to an sfc object
sf

create sf object
ST_read

read simple features from file or database
ST_as.WKB

convert sfc object to an WKB object
tibble

summarize simple feature type for tibble
st_as_sfc

convert foreign geometry object to an sfc object
st_as_sf

convert foreign object to an sf object
st_as_wkb

convert sfc object to an WKB object
st_as_wkt

Return Well-known Text representation of simple feature item
plot.sf

plot sf object