tinitalyR - version 0.1.0

The R library tinitalyR provides the functionality to retrieve and download the Italian 10m Digital Elevation Model from https://doi.org/10.13127/TINITALY/1.0

CRS argument: +proj=utm +zone=32 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs

Getting Started

Installation

#install.packages("devtools")
library(devtools)
install_github("josephlewis/tinitalyR")
library(tinitalyR)

Usage

Retrieving DEM tile names

library(tinitalyR)

# sp object coordinate system expected to be "+proj=utm +zone=32 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs"

sp <- sp::SpatialPoints(cbind(1038553, 4302213))

tile_names <- get_tiles(x = sp)

Download DEM tiles using tile names

dem <- download_dem(x = tile_names)

Italian DEM tile map

ita_tile_map <- ita

CRS arguments: +proj=utm +zone=32 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs

Versioning

  • version 0.1.0
    • First release to Github
    • Added get_tiles to retrieve tile name(s) based on supplied sp object
    • Added download_tiles to download DEM tiles based on supplied tile names

Authors

  • Joseph Lewis - author / creator - Website

Citation

Please cite as:

Lewis, J. (2020) tinitalyR: Download 10m Digital Elevation Model data for Italy (tinitaly). R package version 0.1.0