Download a roads shapefile into R
From the Census Bureau: "The content of the all roads shapefile includes primary roads, secondary roads, local neighborhood roads, rural roads, city streets, vehicular trails (4WD), ramps, service drives, walkways, stairways, alleys, and private roads."
roads(state, county, year = NULL, ...)
state |
The two-digit FIPS code of the state of the county you'd like to download the roads for. Can also be state name or abbreviation (case-insensitive). |
county |
The three-digit FIPS code of the county you'd like the roads for. Can also be a county name. |
year |
the data year (defaults to 2019). |
... |
arguments to be passed to the underlying 'load_tiger' function, which is not exported.
Options include |
Other transportation functions:
address_ranges(),
primary_roads(),
primary_secondary_roads(),
rails()
## Not run:
library(tigris)
library(ggplot2)
library(ggthemes)
roads <- roads("Maine", "031")
gg <- ggplot()
gg <- gg + geom_sf(data = roads,
color="black", fill="white", size=0.25)
gg <- gg + theme_map()
gg
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