norgeo (version 2.3.1)

get_change: Get geo code changes with API

Description

This function will download all geographical code changes from SSB via API except enumeration areas (grunnkrets) between 1980 to 2001. The code change can be found in the dataset GrunnkretsBefore2002.

Basically the downloaded data are those you can see directly here, for example if you looking for code change in municipality (kommune). The advantage of using get_change or KLASS is that you can get all code changes for several years at once.

Usage

get_change(
  type = c("fylke", "kommune", "bydel", "grunnkrets"),
  from = NULL,
  to = NULL,
  code = TRUE,
  quiet = FALSE,
  date = FALSE,
  names = TRUE
)

Value

A dataset of class data.table consisting old and new code with the respective year when the codes have changed

Arguments

type

Type of regional granularity ie. fylke, kommune etc.

from

Specify the starting year for range period. Current year is the default.

to

Specify the year to end the range period. Current year is used when not specified.

code

TRUE will only track code changes. Else change name only will also be considered as change.

quiet

TRUE will suppress messages when no changes happened for a specific time range

date

Give complete date if TRUE else year only. Default it FALSE

names

Include names. Default is TRUE

Examples

DT <- get_change("kommune", from = 2018, to = 2020)