Simple Features for R: Standardized Support for Spatial Vector Data

作者：Edzer Pebesma · 发表于：The R Journal · 年份：2018 · DOI：10.32614/rj-2018-009 · 被引用次数：4838 · 研究领域：Data Analysis with R、Data Mining Algorithms and Applications

Simple features are a standardized way of encoding spatial vector data (points, lines, polygons) in computers. The sf package implements simple features in R, and has roughly the same capacity for spatial vector data as packages sp, rgeos, and rgdal. We describe the need for this package, its place in the R package ecosystem, and its potential to connect R to other computer systems. We illustrate this with examples of its use.