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read_semiarid

Download spatial data of the Brazilian Semiarid region

Description

This data set covers the whole of Brazilian Semiarid as defined in the resolution in 23/11/2017). The original data comes from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and can be found at https://www.ibge.gov.br/geociencias/cartas-e-mapas/mapas-regionais/15974-semiarido-brasileiro.html?=&t=downloads

Usage

read_semiarid(year = 2017, simplified = TRUE, showProgress = TRUE)

Arguments

`year`	A date number in YYYY format (defaults to 2017)
`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 `st_simplify{sf}` 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 Brazilian semiarid
a <- read_semiarid(year=2017)
}
## 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