route_transportapi_public: Plan a single route with TransportAPI.com
Description
Provides an R interface to the TransportAPI.com public transport API.
The function returns a SpatialLinesDataFrame object representing the
public route.
Currently only works for the United Kingdom.
See https://developer.transportapi.com/documentationfor more information.
Usage
route_transportapi_public(from, to, silent = FALSE)
Arguments
from
Text string or coordinates (a numeric vector of
length = 2 representing latitude and longitude) representing a point
on Earth.
to
Text string or coordinates (a numeric vector of
length = 2 representing latitude and longitude) representing a point
on Earth. This represents the destination of the trip.
silent
Logical (default is FALSE). TRUE hides request sent.
Details
This function uses the online routing service
TransportAPI.com to find public routes
between origins and destinations. It does not require
any key to access the API.
Note that if from and to are supplied as
character strings (instead of lon/lat pairs), Google's
geo-coding services are used via RgoogleMaps::getGeoCode().
## Not run: # # Plan the 'public' route from Hereford to Leeds# rqh <- route_transportapi_public(from = "Hereford", to = "Leeds")# plot(rq_hfd)# ## End(Not run)