JuliaData / JuliaData/RData.jl
Feature request: loading SF geometry
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- Julia
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Description
SF geometry tables are currently presented as vectors of vectors. However, this loses important type information (polygons and multilinestrings have the same structure), which could be picked up from the R data. Wrapping these in Julia geometry is trivial with GeoInterface.jl wrapper geometries. These also allow the CRS to be stored along with the object.
Would there be interest in doing this, and where could I begin? All of the attributes necessary are available when convert = false, so it's only a matter of processing on the Julia end.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the Julia-side handling of R data when convert = false, then examine how GeoInterface.jl wrapper geometries could represent the loaded SF tables. Done should preserve polygon and multilinestring type information and retain the CRS alongside each geometry.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- julia, r
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100