tmaptools-package: Thematic Map Tools

Description

This package offers a set of handy tool functions for reading and processing spatial data. The aim of these functions is to supply the workflow to create thematic maps, e.g. read shape files, set map projections, append data, calculate areas and distances, and query OpenStreetMap. The visualization of thematic maps can be done with the tmap package.

Arguments

Tool functions (shape)

`approx_areas`	Approximate area sizes of polygons
`approx_distances`	Approximate distances
`bb`	Create, extract or modify a bounding box
`bb_poly`	Convert bounding box to a polygon
`get_asp_ratio`	Get the aspect ratio of a shape object
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Tool functions (colors)

`get_brewer_pal`	Get and plot a (modified) Color Brewer palette
`map_coloring`	Find different colors for adjacent polygons
`palette_explorer`	Explore Color Brewer palettes
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Spatial transformation functions

`crop_shape`	Crop shape objects
`simplify_shape`	Simplify a shape
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Input and output functions

`geocode_OSM`	Get a location from an address description
`read_GPX`	Read a GPX file
`read_osm`	Read Open Street Map data
`rev_geocode_OSM`	Get an address description from a location
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Details

This page provides a brief overview of all package functions.