Set Shapefile column names given dictionary names fetched from .xlsx data dictionary file.

Source: R/geomac-transform.R

Set Shapefile column names given dictionary names fetched from .xlsx data dictionary file.

get_geomac_new_cnames(
  fpath,
  year,
  ddict_type,
  ddict_xlsx_path,
  cols_rng,
  target_srid = 4326
)

Arguments

fpath

: shapefile path
year

: year the shapefile is referred to
ddict_type

: dictionary type - this needs to be corresponding to one of the data dictionaries retrieved in the .xlsx
ddict_xlsx_path

: path of the data dictionary .xlsx
cols_rng

: column ranges to extract from the .xlsx
target_srid

(numeric): Transform the geometries into this coordinate system, specified by SRID (default: 4326, GPS latitude/longitude)

Value

Shapefile dataframe