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spocc (version 0.6.0)

wkt_vis: Visualize well-known text area's on a map.

Description

This can be helpful in visualizing the area in which you are searching for occurrences with the occ function.

Usage

wkt_vis(x, zoom = 6, maptype = "terrain", browse = TRUE)

Arguments

x
Input well-known text area (character)
zoom
Zoom level, defaults to 6 (numeric)
maptype
Map type, default is terrain (character)
browse
Open in browser or not. If not, gives back path to html file. Default: TRUE (logical)

Details

Uses Mapbox's map layers, openes in your default browser

Examples

Run this code
## Not run: 
# poly <- 'POLYGON((-111.06 38.84, -110.80 39.37, -110.20 39.17, -110.20 38.90,
#      -110.63 38.67, -111.06 38.84))'
# wkt_vis(poly)
# 
# poly2 <- 'POLYGON((-125 38.4,-125 40.9,-121.8 40.9,-121.8 38.4,-125 38.4))'
# wkt_vis(poly2)
# 
# # Multiple polygons
# x <- "POLYGON((-125 38.4, -121.8 38.4, -121.8 40.9, -125 40.9, -125 38.4), 
# (-115 22.4, -111.8 22.4, -111.8 30.9, -115 30.9, -115 22.4))"
# wkt_vis(x)
# 
# # don't open in browser
# poly2 <- 'POLYGON((-125 38.4,-125 40.9,-121.8 40.9,-121.8 38.4,-125 38.4))'
# wkt_vis(poly2, browse = FALSE)
# ## End(Not run)

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