walkscoreAPI (version 1.2)

walkshed: Return Walk Shed

Description

A function to preform the "Walking Distance" API Call.

Usage

walkshed(x, y, key)

Arguments

x

longitude of query location (numeric)

y

latitude of query location (numeric)

key

your Walk Score API key (string)

Value

status

A code which tells the status of the request. The table of status codes can be found on the Walk Score API site. A status of 1 means a successful request.

origin

Latitude and longitude of the walkshed center.

geometry

Geometry type of walkshed.

coordinates

List of walkshed polygon vertexes, returned as a data frame with two columns.

radius

Network distance in miles.

snappedLong

longitude to which the input was snapped to.

snappedLat

latitude to which the input was snapped to.

Details

The "Walking Distance" API call returns the geometry of a polygon which bounds network walking distance from the given origin point.

References

http://www.walkscore.com/professional/public-transit-api.php

Examples

## Not run: 
# walkshed(-122.335,47.5815,"your key")
# ## End(Not run)