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gdeltr2 (version 0.3.11023026)

generate_geo_query: Generate a GDELT GEO V2 API query

Description

This function will generate a V2 GEO api query and either open the URL in the browser for exploration or download the GEOJSON data for users to explore in R

Usage

generate_geo_query(query_parameters = list(term = NULL, domain = NULL,
  gkg_theme = NULL, image_face_tone = NULL, image_num_faces = NULL, image_ocr =
  NULL, image_tag = NULL, image_web_tag = NULL, image_web_count = NULL,
  location_name = NULL, location_adm1 = NULL, location_country = NULL, near =
  NULL, source_country = NULL, source_language = NULL, tone = NULL,
  tone_absolute_value = NULL), mode = "adm1", format = "ImageHTML",
  timespan = NULL, max_points = NULL, geore = NULL, sort = NULL,
  browse_url = TRUE)

Arguments

query_parameters

list of query parameters

  • term: search team

  • domain: web domain

  • image_face_tone: image face tone

  • image_num_face: number of faces

  • image_ocr: OCR to find

  • image_tag: image tagcode

  • image_web_tag: image web code

  • image_web_count: image count

  • location_name: name of the location

  • location_adm1: adm code

  • location_country: country

  • near: specified distances

  • source_country: source country

  • source_language: source language

  • gkg_theme: GKG theme

  • tone: numeric tone

  • tone_absolute_value:

mode

visualization mode

  • PointData

  • ImagePointData

  • PointHeatmap

  • ImagePointheatmap

  • PointAnimation

  • ImagePointAnimation

  • Country

  • ImageCountry

  • SourceCountry

  • ImageSourceCountry

  • ADM1

  • ImageADM1

format

format of the output

  • html: HTML

  • ImageHTML: image html

  • GeoJSON: geoJSON

  • ImageGeoJSON: geoJSON with images

  • Imagehtmlshow: shows overlayed pictures on map

timespan

time span 15 to 1440 minutes

max_points

maximum number of points

geore

geore level

  • 0: All locations

  • 1: Excludes country mentions

  • 2: Only landmarks

sort

how to sort the data

  • date: by date

  • toneDesc: Tone descending

  • toneAsc: Tone ascending

browse_url

if TRUE open url in browser

References

GDELT GEO API