tigris (version 0.3)

linear_water: Download an linear water shapefile into R

Description

From the US Census Bureau: "The linear hydrography shapefile contains all linear features with "H" (Hydrography) type MTFCCs in the MAF/TIGER database by county. The shapefiles are provided at a county geographic extent and in linear elemental feature geometry. The linear hydrography shapefile includes streams/rivers, braided streams, canals, ditches, artificial paths, and aqueducts. A linear hydrography feature may include edges with both perennial and intermittent persistence."

Usage

linear_water(state, county, ...)

Arguments

state

The two-digit FIPS code of the state of the county you'd like to download the water features for. Can also be state name or abbreviation (case-insensitive).

county

The three-digit FIPS code of the county you'd like the water features for. Can also be a county name.

...

arguments to be passed to the underlying `load_tiger` function, which is not exported. Options include refresh, which specifies whether or not to re-download shapefiles (defaults to FALSE), and year, the year for w

See Also

http://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/data/tiger/tgrshp2015/TGRSHP2015_TechDoc.pdf Other water functions: area_water; coastline

Examples

library(tigris)
library(sp)

dallas_water <- linear_water("TX", "Dallas")

plot(dallas_water)