get_shp {geostan} | R Documentation |
Download shapefiles
Description
Given a url to a shapefile in a compressed .zip file, download the file and unzip it into a folder in your working directory.
Usage
get_shp(url, folder = "shape")
Arguments
url |
url to download a shapefile. |
folder |
what to name the new folder in your working directory containing the shapefile |
Value
A folder in your working directory with the shapefile; filepaths are printed to the console.
Examples
library(sf)
url <- "https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2019/shp/cb_2019_us_state_20m.zip"
folder <- tempdir()
print(folder)
get_shp(url, folder)
states <- sf::st_read(folder)
head(states)
[Package geostan version 0.8.1 Index]