geojsonio (version 0.1.8)

topojson_read: Read topojson from a local file or a URL

Description

Read topojson from a local file or a URL

Usage

topojson_read(x, ...)

Arguments

x

Path to a local file or a URL.

...

Further args passed on to readOGR

Value

A Spatial Class, varies depending on input

Details

Returns a Spatial class (e.g., SpatialPolygonsDataFrame), but you can easily and quickly get this to geojson, see examples

Examples

## Not run: 
# # From a file
# file <- system.file("examples", "us_states.topojson", package = "geojsonio")
# topojson_read(file)
# 
# # From a URL
# url <- "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/shawnbot/d3-cartogram/master/data/us-states.topojson"
# topojson_read(url)
# 
# # Use as.location first if you want
# topojson_read(as.location(file))
# 
# # quickly convert to geojson as a list
# file <- system.file("examples", "us_states.topojson", package = "geojsonio")
# tmp <- topojson_read(file)
# geojson_list(tmp)
# ## End(Not run)