R/location_initialize.R
location_initialize.Rd
Creates a known location record with the following columns of core metadata:
locationID
locationName
longitude
latitude
elevation
countryCode
stateCode
countyName
timezone
houseNumber
street
city
zip
location_initialize( longitude = NULL, latitude = NULL, stateDataset = "NaturalEarthAdm1", elevationService = NULL, addressService = NULL, verbose = TRUE )
longitude | Single longitude in decimal degrees E. |
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latitude | Single latitude in decimal degrees N. |
stateDataset | Name of spatial dataset to use for determining state |
elevationService | Name of the elevation service to use for determining the elevation. Default: NULL. Accepted values: "usgs". |
addressService | Name of the address service to use for determining the street address. Default: NULL Accepted values: "photon". |
verbose | Logical controlling the generation of progress messages. |
Tibble with a single new known location.
# \donttest{ library(MazamaLocationUtils) # Set up standard directories and spatial data spatialDataDir <- tempdir() # typically "~/Data/Spatial" mazama_initialize(spatialDataDir) # Wenatchee lon <- -120.325278 lat <- 47.423333 locationRecord <- location_initialize(lon, lat) # }