getwikicoords: getwikicoords function
Description
A function to return the lat/lon coordinates of towns in the UK from Wikipedia. Does not always work. Sometimes
the county has to be specified too.
Usage
getwikicoords(place, county = NULL, rmslash = TRUE)
Value
The lat/lon coordinates from Wikipedia
Arguments
- place
character, ther name of the town
- county
character, the county it is in
- rmslash
remove slash from place name. Not normally used.