get_tract_geom {ineAtlas} | R Documentation |
Get census tract boundary geometries
Description
Downloads and extracts census tract boundary files from the ineAtlas repository, returning an sf object with the geometries for the specified year.
Usage
get_tract_geom(year, cache = TRUE, cache_dir = tempdir())
Arguments
year |
Numeric. Year of the census tract boundaries to retrieve (2015-2022) |
cache |
Logical indicating whether to cache the extracted data. Default is TRUE. Cached data is stored uncompressed for faster access. |
cache_dir |
Character string specifying the cache directory. Default is tempdir(). |
Value
An sf object containing census tract boundaries with the following columns:
year: The reference year
tract_code: Census tract identifier
municipality: Municipality name
province: Province name
geometry: Census tract boundary geometry
Examples
# Get census tract boundaries for 2020
tracts_2020 <- get_tract_geom(2020)
# Get boundaries without caching
tracts_2019 <- get_tract_geom(2019, cache = FALSE)
[Package ineAtlas version 0.1.3 Index]