Assign a spatial data frame from UTM coordinates

This function is designed to work on a dataframe that contains columns with details of UTM zone, easting and northing from a NAD 83 UTM Zone coordinate systems. It prepares a spatial data frame by grouping based on a specified column (UTM zone), converting to a spatial data frame, transforming the coordinate reference system, and then binding the rows back together. The returned dataframe must be in a Geographic Coordinate System (ex. BC Albers or WSG84 vs a Spatial coordinate system like UTM.).

Usage

fpr_sp_assign_sf_from_utm(
  dat = NULL,
  col_utm_zone = "utm_zone",
  col_easting = "easting",
  col_northing = "northing",
  crs_return = 3005
)

Arguments

dat

A data frame.

col_utm_zone

The name of the column to group by. Default is "utm_zone".

col_easting

The name of the easting coordinate column. Default is "easting".

col_northing

The name of the northing coordinate column. Default is "northing".

crs_return

Numeric. The EPSG code to transform the coordinate reference system to. Must be Geographic (ex. Albers - 3005 or WSG84 - 4326). Default is BC Albers.

Value

A spatial data frame.

Details

The reason the returned dataframe must be in a Geographic Coordinate System is to avoid issues when input points are located in different spatial zones.

See also

Other spatial operations: fpr_sp_assign_latlong(), fpr_sp_assign_utm(), fpr_sp_gpkg_backup()

Examples

if (FALSE) {
fpr_sp_assign_sf_from_utm(pscis_all)
}