Chapter 8 Geographic data I/O

Learning objectives:

Care must be taken with geospatial I/O (Input and Output)
Put time into identifying which datasets are available and how to retrieve them
There are many file formats, each of which has pros and cons
We will close with a brief note on saving maps as a bridge to next week’s deeper Chapter 9 discussion

An component of the value that we can deliver is an understanding of what resources are available

library(sf)
library(terra)
library(dplyr)
library(ggplot2)
library(spData)