readAreaInfo will read a text file with observations and descriptions of data with a spatial support.
readAreaInfo(fname = "ainfo.txt", id = "id",
iobs = "iobs", obs = "obs", unc = "unc",
filenames= "filenames", sep = "\t",
debug.level = 1, moreCols = list(NULL))
SpatialPointDataFrame
with information about observations and/or
predictionLocations.
name of file with areal information
name of column with observation id
name of column with number of observations
name of column with observations
name of column with possible uncertainty of observation
name of column with filenames of areas if different names than id should be used.
separator in csv-file
used for giving additional output
name of other column names the user wants included in ainfo
Jon Olav Skoien
The function is of particular use when data are not available as
shape-files, or when the observations are not part of the shape-files.
This function is mainly for compatibility with the former FORTRAN-version.
The simplest way to read the data in that case is through st_read
. See
also rtop-package
.