Coastal lines dataset

Downloads worldwide coastlines.

Usage

gisco_get_coastal_lines(
  year = 2016,
  epsg = 4326,
  cache = TRUE,
  update_cache = FALSE,
  cache_dir = NULL,
  verbose = FALSE,
  resolution = 20,
  ext = "gpkg"
)

Source

https://gisco-services.ec.europa.eu/distribution/v2/

Copyright: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata/statistical-units

Arguments

year

character string or number. Release year of the file. One of "2016", "2013", "2010", "2006" .

epsg

character string or number. Projection of the map: 4-digit EPSG code. One of:

• "4326": WGS84

• "3035": ETRS89 / ETRS-LAEA

• "3857": Pseudo-Mercator

cache

logical. Whether to do caching. Default is TRUE. See Caching strategies section in gisco_set_cache_dir().

update_cache

logical. Should the cached file be refreshed?. Default is FALSE. When set to TRUE it would force a new download.

cache_dir

character string. A path to a cache directory. See Caching strategies section in gisco_set_cache_dir().

verbose

logical. If TRUE displays informational messages.

resolution

character string or number. Resolution of the geospatial data. One of:

• "60": 1:60 million.

• "20": 1:20 million.

• "10": 1:10 million.

• "03": 1:3 million.

• "01": 1:1 million.

ext

character. Extension of the file (default "gpkg"). One of "shp", "gpkg", "geojson" .

Value

A sf object.

Note

Please check the download and usage provisions on gisco_attributions().

See also

gisco_coastal_lines.

See gisco_bulk_download() to perform a bulk download of datasets.

Other statistical units datasets: gisco_get_census(), gisco_get_lau(), gisco_get_nuts(), gisco_get_urban_audit()

Examples

coast <- gisco_get_coastal_lines()

library(ggplot2)

ggplot(coast) +
  geom_sf(color = "#1278AB", fill = "#FDFBEA") +
  # Zoom on Mediterranean Sea
  coord_sf(
    xlim = c(-4, 35),
    ylim = c(31, 45)
  ) +
  theme_minimal() +
  theme(
    panel.background = element_rect(fill = "#C7E7FB", color = NA),
    panel.border = element_rect(colour = "black", fill = NA)
  )