Get country shapefile from geoboundaries
get_country_shape(country_iso, admin_level, type = "SSCU", timeout = 2)
| country_iso | the three letter code corresponding to the country. Use ?popcompr::geoboundaries to see the full list. |
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| admin_level | numeric, the admin level of the shapefile (0 = the country border, then 1, 2, 3). Note that not all admin levels are available |
| type | the type of shapefile. Geoboundaries have simplified and unsimplified, and standardized vs. unstandardized (and combinations thereof) available for use. See the api documentation for more details: https://www.geoboundaries.org/api.html |
| timeout | numeric in seconds, the amount of time to wait for the httr request, default is 2, set higher if your connection is slower (max is set to 1 min for safety) |
a shapefile as an sf object
# Defaults to simplified les_simple <- get_country_shape(country_iso = "LSO", admin_level = 2)#> Reading layer `geoBoundariesSSCU-3_0_0-LSO-ADM2' from data source `https://geoboundaries.org/data/geoBoundariesSSCU-3_0_0/LSO/ADM2/geoBoundariesSSCU-3_0_0-LSO-ADM2.geojson' using driver `GeoJSON' #> Simple feature collection with 78 features and 5 fields #> geometry type: POLYGON #> dimension: XY #> bbox: xmin: 27.01125 ymin: -30.67785 xmax: 29.45737 ymax: -28.57103 #> geographic CRS: WGS 84