readAreaInfo function

create SpatialPointsDataFrame with observations of data with a spatial support

readAreaInfo will read a text file with observations and descriptions of data with a spatial support.

readAreaInfo(fname = "ainfo.txt", id = "id",
                iobs = "iobs", obs = "obs", unc = "unc",
                filenames= "filenames", sep = "\t", 
                debug.level = 1, moreCols = list(NULL))

Arguments

• fname: name of file with areal information
• id: name of column with observation id
• iobs: name of column with number of observations
• obs: name of column with observations
• unc: name of column with possible uncertainty of observation
• filenames: name of column with filenames of areas if different names than id should be used.
• sep: separator in csv-file
• debug.level: used for giving additional output
• moreCols: name of other column names the user wants included in ainfo

Returns

SpatialPointDataFrame with information about observations and/or predictionLocations.

Details

The function is of particular use when data are not available as shape-files, or when the observations are not part of the shape-files. This function is mainly for compatibility with the former FORTRAN-version. The simplest way to read the data in that case is through st_read. See also rtop-package.

Author(s)

Jon Olav Skoien