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read_biomes

Download spatial data of Brazilian biomes

Description

This data set includes polygons of all biomes present in Brazilian territory and coastal area. The latest data set dates to 2019 and it is available at scale 1:250.000. The 2004 data set is at the scale 1:5.000.000. The original data comes from IBGE. More information at https://www.ibge.gov.br/apps/biomas/

Usage

read_biomes(year = 2019, simplified = TRUE, showProgress = TRUE)

Arguments

`year`	A date number in YYYY format. Defaults to `2019`
`simplified`	Logic `FALSE` or `TRUE`, indicating whether the function returns the data set with original' resolution or a data set with 'simplified' borders. Defaults to `TRUE`. For spatial analysis and statistics users should set `simplified = FALSE`. Borders have been simplified by removing vertices of borders using `sf::st_simplify()` preserving topology with a `dTolerance` of 100.
`showProgress`	Logical. Defaults to `TRUE` display progress bar

Value

An "sf" "data.frame" object

Examples

## Not run:  if (interactive()) {
# Read biomes
b <- read_biomes(year = 2019)
}
## End(Not run)

geobr

Download Official Spatial Data Sets of Brazil

v1.6.1

MIT + file LICENSE

Authors

Rafael H. M. Pereira [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2125-7465>), Caio Nogueira Goncalves [aut], Paulo Henrique Fernandes de Araujo [ctb], Guilherme Duarte Carvalho [ctb], Rodrigo Almeida de Arruda [ctb], Igor Nascimento [ctb], Barbara Santiago Pedreira da Costa [ctb], Welligtton Silva Cavedo [ctb], Pedro R. Andrade [ctb], Alan da Silva [ctb], Carlos Kauê Vieira Braga [ctb], Carl Schmertmann [ctb], Alessandro Samuel-Rosa [ctb], Daniel Ferreira [ctb], Ipea - Institue for Applied Economic Research [cph, fnd]

Initial release

2021-04-15