ukgeog
is a simple package to facilitate the easy download of official
spatial data sets of the UK. It includes a wide range of geospatial
data, provided as simple feature sf
objects (like
shapefiles but better). Making it easy to make Choropleth
Maps with base R
, as
well as with popular packages such as
ggplot2
and
leaflet
.
Other functions are provided to create UK Local Authority (LA) lookups, across time and between lower and upper tiers.
# install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("l-hodge/ukgeog")
-
available_sf
returns a list of available boundaries -
select_sf
can be used to interactively select a set of boundaries to download -
read_sf
can be used to download boundaries for the following geographies using the ‘geog’ and ‘year’ arguments:
‘geog’ | Geography | Year |
---|---|---|
UTLA | Counties and Unitary Authorities | 2018; 2019; 2020; 2021 |
NAT | Countries | 2018; 2019; 2020; 2021 |
EU | European Electoral Regions | 2018 |
LAD | Local Authority Districts | 2018; 2019; 2020; 2021 |
LSOA | Lower Super Output Areas | 2001; 2011 |
MSOA | Middle Super Output Areas | 2001; 2011 |
WAC | National Assembly for Wales Constituencies | 2018 |
WAR | National Assembly for Wales Electoral Regions | 2018 |
NUTS1 | NUTS Level 1 | 2015; 2018 |
NUTS2 | NUTS Level 2 | 2015; 2018 |
NUTS3 | NUTS Level 3 | 2015; 2018 |
OA | Output Area | 2001; 2011 |
GOR | Regions | 2018; 2019; 2020; 2021 |
WM | Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies | 2018; 2019; 2020; 2021 |
library(ukgeog)
# Read in simple feature of the countries that make up the UK
sf <- read_sf("NAT", year = 2021)
across_yr_lookup
creates lookups across time to account for boundary changeswithin_yr_lookup
creates within year lookups between LAD’s and UTLA’s
convert_lnglat
converts Eastings/Northings to Latitude/Longitude
- Creating Choropleth Maps with
ukgeog
- Local Authority Boundary Changes
- ONS Hierarchy of UK Statistical Geographies
Original shapefiles are created by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and are available from the Open Geography Portal.