Bulk download from GISCO API

Downloads zipped data from GISCO and extract them on the cache_dir folder.

Usage

gisco_bulk_download(
  id_giscoR = c("countries", "coastallines", "communes", "lau", "nuts", "urban_audit"),
  year = "2016",
  cache_dir = NULL,
  update_cache = FALSE,
  verbose = FALSE,
  resolution = "10",
  ext = c("geojson", "shp", "svg", "json", "gdb"),
  recursive = TRUE
)

Source

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

Arguments

id_giscoR

Type of dataset to be downloaded. Values supported are:

• "coastallines".

• "communes".

• "countries".

• "lau".

• "nuts".

• "urban_audit".

year

Release year of the file. See Details.

cache_dir

character string. A path to a cache directory. 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.

verbose

logical. If TRUE displays informational messages.

resolution

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

• "60": 1:60million

• "20": 1:20million

• "10": 1:10million

• "03": 1:3million

• "01": 1:1million

ext

Extension of the file(s) to be downloaded. Formats available are "geojson", "shp", "svg", "json", "gdb". See Details.

recursive

Tries to unzip recursively the zip files (if any) included in the initial bulk download (case of ext = "shp").

Value

Silent function.

Details

See the years available in the corresponding functions:

• gisco_get_coastallines().

• gisco_get_communes().

• gisco_get_countries().

• gisco_get_lau().

• gisco_get_nuts().

• gisco_get_urban_audit().

The usual extension used across giscoR is "geojson", however other formats are already available on GISCO.

See also

Other political: gisco_get_units(), gisco_get_urban_audit()

Examples

# \dontrun{

# Countries 2016 - It would take some time
gisco_bulk_download(id_giscoR = "countries", resolution = "60")
# }