bcmapsdata

Version 0.3.0

This is a package that contains many spatial layers for British Columbia. It is a ‘backend’ data package to provide the layers available in the bcmaps package. We are following the strategy recommended by Anderson and Eddelbuettel.

Installation

Stable version

install.packages('bcmapsdata', repos='https://bcgov.github.io/drat/')

Development version

# install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("bcgov/bcmapsdata")

Legacy version

Older builds of this package were called bcmaps.rdata and will work with bcmaps version <=0.17.1. Those builds can still be installed using:

install.packages('bcmaps.rdata', repos='https://bcgov.github.io/drat/')

Usage

This package is best used in conjunction with the bcmaps. Please follow guidance there.

Getting Help or Reporting an Issue

To report bugs/issues/feature requests, please file an issue.

How to Contribute

If you would like to contribute to the package, please see our CONTRIBUTING guidelines.

Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.

Adding a new layer

To add a new layer to the package, there are several steps you need to follow:

In the data-raw directory:

Create a new folder to hold the data as downloaded from its source. It is best if the data is available under an open licence such as the Open Government Licence - British Columbia or the Open Government License - Canada. The data should be zipped up in a .zip file to minimize the size. In the directory add a README.md file explaining what the data is and where it comes from, a copy of the licence the data is under, and a .gitignore file that ignores all files except the zip file, the README.md, the licence file, and the .gitignore file.
Create a process_[my_layer].R file in the root of the data-raw directory. Use one of the existing files as a template. It should source("data-raw/utils.R") and use the process_file() function to do the basic processing:

#' Prepare a spatial file for inclusion in bcmapsdata package
#'
#' @param file path to shp or gdb
#' @param transform transform to BC Albers (default `TRUE`)
#' @param repair Repair toplogy (default `TRUE`)
#' @param filter_stmt An optional filter statement - bare, unquoted. E.g., PRUID == 59
#' @param clip_bc Does it require clipping to BC boundary? Default `FALSE`
#'
#' @return processed sf object
process_file(file, layer, transform = TRUE, repair = TRUE, filter_stmt, 
                         clip_bc = FALSE, crs = NULL)

Use devtools::use_data() to save the processed file in the data directory.

In the R directory:

Create an R file for the documentation of the new layer. Use one of the existing R files as a template.
Run devtools::document()

Commit, push and make a pull request

Optionally add a shortcut function to the frontend bcmaps package:

Install your local updated bcmapsdata package with devtools::install() before moving on to the next steps

In the bcmaps package:

Run devtools::load_all() to load the local version of the package.
Run the internal function bcmaps:::make_shortcuts() while in the bcmaps package directory, then run devtools::document(). This will automatically generate a shortcut function in bcmaps for your new dataset.
Commit your changes and make a pull request to bcmaps.

License

Please note that the data files in the data-raw directory and subdirectories are licensed separately as they come from different sources. See the approprate license file in each directory.

The code in this repository is licensed under the Apache License 2.0:

 Copyright 2017 Province of British Columbia
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 You may obtain a copy of the License at
 
 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

MonkmanMH/bcmapsdata