Process roads data — process_sedac

The process_sedac_groads() function imports and cleans raw road data, returning a single SpatVector object.

Usage

process_sedac_groads(path = NULL, extent = NULL, ...)

Arguments

path: character(1). Path to geodatabase or shapefiles.
extent: numeric(4) or SpatExtent giving the extent of the raster if NULL (default), the entire raster is loaded
...: Placeholders.

Value

a SpatVector object

Note

U.S. context. The returned SpatVector object contains a $description column to represent the temporal range covered by the dataset. For more information, see https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/groads-global-roads-open-access-v1/metadata.

Author

Insang Song

Examples

## NOTE: Example is wrapped in `\dontrun{}` as function requires a large
##       amount of data which is not included in the package.
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
groads <- process_sedac_groads(
  path = "./data/groads_example.shp"
)
} # }