sharpshootR (version 2.3)

formatPLSS: formatPLSS

Description

Format PLSS information into a coded format that can be digested by PLSS web service.

Usage

formatPLSS(p, type = "SN")

Value

A vector of PLSS codes.

Arguments

p

data.frame with chunks of PLSS coordinates

type

an option to format protracted blocks 'PB', unprotracted blocks 'UP', or standard section number 'SN' (default).

Author

D.E. Beaudette, Jay Skovlin, A.G. Brown

Details

This function is typically accessed as a helper function to prepare data for use within PLSS2LL function.

See Also

PLSS2LL

Examples

# create some data
d <- data.frame(
  id = 1:3,
  qq = c('SW', 'SW', 'SE'),
  q = c('NE', 'NW', 'SE'),
  s = c(17, 32, 30),
  t = c('T36N', 'T35N', 'T35N'),
  r = c('R29W', 'R28W', 'R28W'),
  type = 'SN',
  m = 'MT20',
  stringsAsFactors = FALSE
)
# add column names

names(d) <- c('id', 'qq', 'q', 's', 't', 'r', 'type', 'm')
# generate formatted PLSS codes
formatPLSS(d, type='SN')