Package index • giscoR

GISCO Geodata

Download datasets from the GISCO Geodata distribution. These functions return sf objects.

Administrative units

On using administrative data for statistical purposes, administrative units are the units for which administrative data are recorded. These units may or may not be the same as those required for the statistical purposes (referred to as statistical units). See copyright information.

gisco_get_communes(): Communes dataset
gisco_get_countries(): Countries dataset
gisco_get_postal_codes(): Postal codes dataset

Statistical units

A statistical unit is the unit of observation or measurement for which data are collected or derived. See copyright information.

gisco_get_census(): Census dataset
gisco_get_coastal_lines(): Coastal lines dataset
gisco_get_lau(): Local Administrative Units (LAU) dataset
gisco_get_nuts(): Territorial units for statistics (NUTS) dataset
gisco_get_urban_audit(): Urban Audit dataset

Grids

These datasets contain grid cells covering the land territory of the EU, in various resolutions from 1 km to 100 km. Base statistics such as population figures are provided for these cells.

gisco_get_grid(): Grid dataset

Transport networks

gisco_get_airports(): Airports dataset
gisco_get_ports(): Ports dataset

Basic services

gisco_get_education(): Education services in Europe
gisco_get_healthcare(): Healthcare services in Europe

Additional helpers

Additional functions for downloading GISCO API datasets.

gisco_bulk_download(): GISCO API bulk download
gisco_get_unit_country() gisco_get_unit_nuts() gisco_get_unit_urban_audit(): GISCO API single download

giscoR database management

Get the current database in use by the package and the corresponding metadata.

gisco_db: Cached GISCO database
gisco_get_latest_db(): Retrieve and update the GISCO database in use by giscoR
gisco_get_metadata(): Get metadata

Misc

Other functions

gisco_attributions(): Attribution when publishing GISCO data

GISCO Address API

Query the GISCO Addres API, which allows developers to carry out both geocoding and reverse geocoding using a pan-european address database.

gisco_address_api_search() gisco_address_api_reverse() gisco_address_api_bbox() gisco_address_api_countries() gisco_address_api_provinces() gisco_address_api_cities() gisco_address_api_roads() gisco_address_api_housenumbers() gisco_address_api_postcodes() gisco_address_api_copyright(): GISCO Address API

Cache management

gisco_clear_cache(): Clear your giscoR cache dir
gisco_set_cache_dir() gisco_detect_cache_dir(): Set your giscoR cache dir

Datasets

Datasets included with giscoR.

gisco_coastal_lines: Coastal lines 2016 sf object
gisco_countries_2024: Countries 2024 sf object
gisco_countrycode: Database with different country code schemes and world regions
gisco_db: Cached GISCO database
gisco_nuts_2024: NUTS 2024 sf object

About the package

giscoR giscoR-package: giscoR: Download Map Data from GISCO API - Eurostat

Deprecated functions

These functions would be removed in the future.

gisco_get_units() deprecated: Get geospatial units data from GISCO API