Geocoding R Package

An R package that provides geocoding, reverse geocoding, route planning, and advanced geographic visualization. Moreover, this package provides economic and social information such as nighttime lights and population based on geographic coding.

Author

Affiliation

Xinzhuo Huang

HKUST SOSC

Overview

The Geocoding package provides functions for geocoding Chinese addresses.

The package is designed for researchers, analysts, and other users who need to work with Chinese address data.

Installation

remotes::install_github("xinzhuohkust/Geocoding")

Usage

geocoding

Geocoding::get_MCT("国家信访局") |>
  Geocoding::convert_MCT()

longitude	latitude
116.358	39.919

reverse geocoding

Geocoding::get_MCT("国家信访局") |>
  Geocoding::get_admin_info(uid = TRUE)

district	city	province	uid
西城区	北京市	北京市	871eebeac92224a8336212da

train planning

Geocoding::train_plan(
  origin = Geocoding::get_MCT("安徽省六安市裕安区") |> Geocoding::convert_MCT(),
  destination = Geocoding::get_MCT("国家信访局") |> Geocoding::convert_MCT(),
  sleep = 0.5,
  ak = "your ak"
)

starting city	destination city	duration	price
六安市	北京市	7.850	483.5
六安市	北京市	6.467	457.0
六安市	北京市	11.117	222.5

Visualization

ggplot2 integration

Geocoding::plot_geocoding(
  data = "night",
  label = "jilin",
  year = "2022"
)

interactive map and 3D map (coming soon)