Download building footprints — download

Downloads building footprints and attribute data from FEMA's USA Structures dataset (https://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=0ec8512ad21e4bb987d7e848d14e7e24#overview).

Usage

download_buildings(
  template,
  return = "SpatVector",
  output = tempfile(fileext = ".gpkg")
)

Arguments

template: A SpatRaster object. The extent of the returned object will match template.
return: A character object, either SpatVector or sf. Defaults to SpatVector.
output: A character file path specifying where the SpatVector file should be written. Defaults to a temporary file.

Value

A SpatVector or sf object with extents matching the SpatRaster object provided in the template argument. If API resources are not available an invisible NULL is returned.

Examples

# \donttest{
## This example requires an internet connection to run
dem <- system.file("extdata", "thompsoncreek.tif", package = "SELECTRdata")
dem <- terra::rast(dem)

buildings <- download_buildings(template = dem)
#> Registered S3 method overwritten by 'jsonify':
#>   method     from    
#>   print.json jsonlite
# }