Reverse geocoding API for OSM elements in sf format

Generates an address from a latitude and longitude. Latitudes must be between \(\left[-90, 90 \right]\) and longitudes between \(\left[-180, 180 \right]\). This function returns the spatial object associated with the query using sf, see reverse_geo_lite() for retrieving the data in tibble format.

Usage

reverse_geo_lite_sf(
  lat,
  long,
  address = "address",
  full_results = FALSE,
  return_coords = TRUE,
  verbose = FALSE,
  nominatim_server = "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/",
  progressbar = TRUE,
  custom_query = list(),
  points_only = TRUE
)

Arguments

lat: Latitude values in numeric format. Must be in the range \(\left[-90, 90 \right]\).
long: Longitude values in numeric format. Must be in the range \(\left[-180, 180 \right]\).
address: Address column name in the output data (default "address").
full_results: Returns all available data from the API service. If FALSE (default) only latitude, longitude and address columns are returned. See also return_addresses.
return_coords: Return input coordinates with results if TRUE.
verbose: If TRUE then detailed logs are output to the console.
nominatim_server: The URL of the Nominatim server to use. Defaults to "https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/".
progressbar: Logical. If TRUE displays a progress bar to indicate the progress of the function.
custom_query: API-specific parameters to be used, passed as a named list (ie. list(zoom = 3)). See Details.
points_only: Logical TRUE/FALSE. Whether to return only spatial points (TRUE, which is the default) or potentially other shapes as provided by the Nominatim API (FALSE). See About Geometry Types.

Value

A sf object with the results.

Details

See https://nominatim.org/release-docs/develop/api/Reverse/ for additional parameters to be passed to custom_query.

About Zooming

Use the option custom_query = list(zoom = 3) to adjust the output. Some equivalences on terms of zoom:

zoom	address_detail
`3`	country
`5`	state
`8`	county
`10`	city
`14`	suburb
`16`	major streets
`17`	major and minor streets
`18`	building

About Geometry Types

The parameter points_only specifies whether the function results will be points (all Nominatim results are guaranteed to have at least point geometry) or possibly other spatial objects.

Note that the type of geometry returned in case of points_only = FALSE will depend on the object being geocoded:

Administrative areas, major buildings and the like will be returned as polygons.
Rivers, roads and their like as lines.
Amenities may be points even in case of a points_only = FALSE call.

The function is vectorized, allowing for multiple addresses to be geocoded; in case of points_only = FALSE multiple geometry types may be returned.

Examples

# \donttest{
library(ggplot2)

# Coliseum coords
col_lon <- 12.49309
col_lat <- 41.89026

# Coliseum as polygon
col_sf <- reverse_geo_lite_sf(
  lat = col_lat,
  lon = col_lon,
  points_only = FALSE
)

dplyr::glimpse(col_sf)
#> Rows: 1
#> Columns: 4
#> $ address  <chr> "Colosseo, Piazza del Colosseo, Celio, Municipio Roma I, Roma…
#> $ lat      <dbl> 41.89026
#> $ lon      <dbl> 12.49309
#> $ geometry <POLYGON [°]> POLYGON ((12.4913 41.89058,...

if (any(!sf::st_is_empty(col_sf))) {
  ggplot(col_sf) +
    geom_sf()
}


# City of Rome - same coords with zoom 10

rome_sf <- reverse_geo_lite_sf(
  lat = col_lat,
  lon = col_lon,
  custom_query = list(zoom = 10),
  points_only = FALSE
)

dplyr::glimpse(rome_sf)
#> Rows: 1
#> Columns: 4
#> $ address  <chr> "Roma, Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italia"
#> $ lat      <dbl> 41.89026
#> $ lon      <dbl> 12.49309
#> $ geometry <MULTIPOLYGON [°]> MULTIPOLYGON (((12.23447 41...

if (any(!sf::st_is_empty(rome_sf))) {
  ggplot(rome_sf) +
    geom_sf()
}

# }