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jlacko / RCzechia

A package providing Czech shapefiles - LAU & NUTS regions, municipalities, rivers etc. - in R friendly format for analysis & visualization
https://rczechia.jla-data.net
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Geomorphological divisions #50

Closed ChrisMUC83 closed 1 year ago

ChrisMUC83 commented 1 year ago

Hi,

thank you for this package. It's very easy to handle, I like it.

I would like to ask if there is a possibility to integrate the Geomorphological divisions (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomorphological_division_of_the_Czech_Republic)? I know that the national parks and forests are already included in the package but this system of divisions is much more broader and applies to the whole country.

jlacko commented 1 year ago

Thanks for your kind words! I will look into this.

My original background is social sciences, so my initial focus were the various kinds of admin areas; but the package has found its use in natural sciences as well (more than I originally expected).

A lot will depend on whether I can find an "master" source of the Geomorphological divisions - the Wikipedia article you linked has three different maps - regions, provinces, subregions... Is it just three levels of hierarchy, or are these something different? And if so, is one of the divisions more relevant than others?

jlacko commented 1 year ago

There seems to be a reasonably friendly data source available from https://geoportal.gov.cz/ (originally AOPK) in WMS format that is CC-BY-4.0 licensed (= fair game).

I will digest the data & prepare it for a future {RCzechia} release; there is no planned date as yet.

ChrisMUC83 commented 1 year ago

A lot will depend on whether I can find an "master" source of the Geomorphological divisions - the Wikipedia article you linked has three different maps - regions, provinces, subregions... Is it just three levels of hierarchy, or are these something different? And if so, is one of the divisions more relevant than others?

To my knowledge its a hierarchical structure which goes down to level 10. The German version of the wikipedia article includes a table, see https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomorphologische_Einteilung_Tschechiens

Hopefully, this is useful.

jlacko commented 1 year ago

Thank you for the pointer and advice; I was able to get a raw dataset, and will polish it up & prepare the necessary code + documentation for a future release.

A slight inconvenience is that I have a paper on {RCzechia} package under review for https://joss.theoj.org/ and I would prefer not to alter the package functionality too much until the review process is finalized, creating confusion.

jlacko commented 1 year ago

The geomorfo() function now provides 8 levels of geomorfo detail - from system (n = 2) down to okrsek (n = 933)

Since I was kind of rushed to release - due to sloppiness in releasing 1.11, sorry for that - I will appreciate a test & a thorough shakedown. Wink wink @ChrisMUC83 ....

ChrisMUC83 commented 1 year ago

The geomorfo() function now provides 8 levels of geomorfo detail - from system (n = 2) down to okrsek (n = 933)

Since I was kind of rushed to release - due to sloppiness in releasing 1.11, sorry for that - I will appreciate a test & a thorough shakedown. Wink wink @ChrisMUC83 ....

@jlacko : I tested the geomorfo-function and everything worked well. Thank you!

jlacko commented 1 year ago

Perfect, thank you!