read_sf downloads boundaries from the ONS Open Geography Portal.
Usage
read_sf(
geog,
year = 2021,
nations = c("E", "S", "W", "N"),
type = "BGC",
crs = 4326
)Arguments
- geog
Type of boundaries
Administrative Boundaries available:
- Countries/Nations (
"NAT")- Regions (England ONLY) (
"GOR")- Upper Tier Local Authorities (
"UTLA")- Lower Tier Local Authorities (
"LAD")Census Boundaries available:
- Output Area (
"OA")- Lower Super Output Area (
"LSOA")- Middle Super Output Area (
"MSOA")Electoral Boundaries available:
- Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (
"WM")- European Union Parliamentary Constituencies (
"EU")- Welsh Assembly Constituencies (
"WAC")- Welsh Assembly Regions (
"WAR")Eurostat NUTS Boundaries available:
- NUTS Level 1 (
NUTS1)- NUTS Level 2 (
NUTS2)- NUTS Level 3 (
NUTS3)- year
Year (use
available_sf()to see available years for each set of boundaries)- nations
For which UK nations (
c("E","W","S","N"))- type
Boundary clipping
-
"BFE": Full Resolution Extent of the Realm (Low Tide)-
"BFC": Full Resolution Clipped (High Tide)-
"BGC": Generalised (20m) Clipped (High Tide)-
"BUC": Ultra Generalised (500m) Clipped (High Tide)- crs
Coordinate Reference System (ESPG).
It is recommend to use
4326(World Geodetic System) or potentially27700(UK OS British National Grid)
Examples
read_sf("NAT")
#> Simple feature collection with 4 features and 11 fields
#> Geometry type: MULTIPOLYGON
#> Dimension: XY
#> Bounding box: xmin: -8.649996 ymin: 49.86479 xmax: 1.763706 ymax: 60.86078
#> Geodetic CRS: WGS 84
#> cd nm ctry21n bng_e bng_n long lat
#> 1 E92000001 England Lloegr 394883 370883 -2.07811 53.23497
#> 2 N92000002 Northern Ireland Gogledd Iwerddon 86544 535337 -6.85570 54.61501
#> 3 S92000003 Scotland Yr Alban 277744 700060 -3.97094 56.17743
#> 4 W92000004 Wales Cymru 263405 242881 -3.99417 52.06741
#> objectd st_ln__ st_r_s_ country geometry
#> 1 1 12457826 130457695413 England MULTIPOLYGON (((0.1317464 5...
#> 2 2 1048307 14330039999 Northern Ireland MULTIPOLYGON (((-6.481663 5...
#> 3 3 17029774 78795447769 Scotland MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.373745 5...
#> 4 4 3027839 20782249641 Wales MULTIPOLYGON (((-3.308212 5...
read_sf("MSOA", year = 2011)
#> Simple feature collection with 7201 features and 7 fields
#> Geometry type: MULTIPOLYGON
#> Dimension: XY
#> Bounding box: xmin: -6.418524 ymin: 49.86474 xmax: 1.762942 ymax: 55.81107
#> Geodetic CRS: WGS 84
#> First 10 features:
#> id cd mso11nm ms11nmw st_r_s_
#> 1 1 E02000001 City of London 001 City of London 001 2905399
#> 2 2 E02000002 Barking and Dagenham 001 Barking and Dagenham 001 2165634
#> 3 3 E02000003 Barking and Dagenham 002 Barking and Dagenham 002 2143565
#> 4 4 E02000004 Barking and Dagenham 003 Barking and Dagenham 003 2490215
#> 5 5 E02000005 Barking and Dagenham 004 Barking and Dagenham 004 1186180
#> 6 6 E02000007 Barking and Dagenham 006 Barking and Dagenham 006 1733916
#> 7 7 E02000008 Barking and Dagenham 007 Barking and Dagenham 007 1419309
#> 8 8 E02000009 Barking and Dagenham 008 Barking and Dagenham 008 965622
#> 9 9 E02000010 Barking and Dagenham 009 Barking and Dagenham 009 1120326
#> 10 10 E02000011 Barking and Dagenham 010 Barking and Dagenham 010 1602157
#> st_ln__ country geometry
#> 1 9024.060 England MULTIPOLYGON (((-0.09675966...
#> 2 8152.698 England MULTIPOLYGON (((0.1481122 5...
#> 3 9118.449 England MULTIPOLYGON (((0.150653 51...
#> 4 8207.610 England MULTIPOLYGON (((0.1851074 5...
#> 5 6964.962 England MULTIPOLYGON (((0.1499051 5...
#> 6 6773.957 England MULTIPOLYGON (((0.1600451 5...
#> 7 8427.797 England MULTIPOLYGON (((0.136055 51...
#> 8 5958.160 England MULTIPOLYGON (((0.1169839 5...
#> 9 7651.809 England MULTIPOLYGON (((0.156482 51...
#> 10 7770.863 England MULTIPOLYGON (((0.1656968 5...
read_sf("EU", year = 2018, type = "BFC")
#> Simple feature collection with 12 features and 10 fields
#> Geometry type: MULTIPOLYGON
#> Dimension: XY
#> Bounding box: xmin: -8.649996 ymin: 49.86468 xmax: 1.763571 ymax: 60.86079
#> Geodetic CRS: WGS 84
#> First 10 features:
#> id cd eer18nm bng_e bng_n long lat
#> 1 1 E15000001 North East 417313 600358 -1.728900 55.29703
#> 2 2 E15000002 North West 350015 506280 -2.772370 54.44945
#> 3 3 E15000003 Yorkshire and The Humber 446903 448736 -1.287120 53.93264
#> 4 4 E15000004 East Midlands 477660 322635 -0.849670 52.79572
#> 5 5 E15000005 West Midlands 386294 295477 -2.203580 52.55697
#> 6 6 E15000006 Eastern 571074 263229 0.504146 52.24067
#> 7 7 E15000007 London 517516 178392 -0.308640 51.49227
#> 8 8 E15000008 South East 470062 172924 -0.993110 51.45097
#> 9 9 E15000009 South West 285015 102567 -3.633430 50.81119
#> 10 10 N07000001 Northern Ireland 86601 535325 -6.854810 54.61494
#> st_r_s_ st_ln__ country geometry
#> 1 8592429309 1008417.3 England MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.024151 5...
#> 2 14164090946 2075329.2 England MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.675591 5...
#> 3 15409123400 1385386.8 England MULTIPOLYGON (((-0.7907309 ...
#> 4 15643271943 1332321.1 England MULTIPOLYGON (((-0.2997642 ...
#> 5 13003737759 953904.5 England MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.958916 5...
#> 6 19135563220 2646529.1 England MULTIPOLYGON (((0.9906409 5...
#> 7 1573509571 420201.1 England MULTIPOLYGON (((-0.0968623 ...
#> 8 19088242760 2460926.1 England MULTIPOLYGON (((-0.6821292 ...
#> 9 23851369852 3400336.0 England MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.762504 5...
#> 10 14333249704 1143121.8 Northern Ireland MULTIPOLYGON (((-6.482114 5...
read_sf("NUTS1", year = 2018, nations = "E")
#> Simple feature collection with 9 features and 10 fields
#> Geometry type: MULTIPOLYGON
#> Dimension: XY
#> Bounding box: xmin: -6.418622 ymin: 49.86474 xmax: 1.763571 ymax: 55.81107
#> Geodetic CRS: WGS 84
#> id cd nts118n bng_e bng_n long lat st_r_s_
#> 1 1 UKC North East (England) 417313 600358 -1.728900 55.29703 8592514533
#> 2 2 UKD North West (England) 350015 506280 -2.772370 54.44945 14163828445
#> 3 3 UKE Yorkshire and The Humber 446903 448736 -1.287120 53.93264 15409346548
#> 4 4 UKF East Midlands (England) 477660 322635 -0.849670 52.79572 15643166718
#> 5 5 UKG West Midlands (England) 386294 295477 -2.203580 52.55697 13003726932
#> 6 6 UKH East of England 571074 263229 0.504146 52.24067 19134639812
#> 7 7 UKI London 517516 178392 -0.308640 51.49227 1573498439
#> 8 8 UKJ South East (England) 470062 172924 -0.993110 51.45097 19088634620
#> 9 9 UKK South West (England) 285015 102567 -3.633430 50.81119 23851849460
#> st_ln__ country geometry
#> 1 983195.8 England MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.029408 5...
#> 2 1986497.8 England MULTIPOLYGON (((-2.676443 5...
#> 3 1358823.1 England MULTIPOLYGON (((-0.792227 5...
#> 4 1297836.9 England MULTIPOLYGON (((-0.3009304 ...
#> 5 921187.1 England MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.950726 5...
#> 6 2492564.9 England MULTIPOLYGON (((1.015736 52...
#> 7 409656.3 England MULTIPOLYGON (((-0.09953576...
#> 8 2341969.8 England MULTIPOLYGON (((-0.6846535 ...
#> 9 3189137.2 England MULTIPOLYGON (((-1.757683 5...
if (FALSE) {
read_sf("UTLA", nations = c("E","W"))
read_elec("WM")
}