mregions2 allows to access the Marine Regions Gazetteer and the Marine Regions Data Products in R.
You can find detailed information in the articles online:
(Source: https://www.vliz.be/en/news?p=show&id=8160)
Installation
You can install the development version of mregions2 from GitHub with:
# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("lifewatch/mregions2")Load the library with
Query the Marine Regions Gazetteer
The Marine Regions Gazetteer is a standard list of marine georeferenced place names.
Gazetteer: a dictionary of geographical names.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/gazetteer
You can search the Gazetteer in many ways:
Search by free text:
gaz_search("Belgian")
#> # A tibble: 9 × 14
#> MRGID gazetteerSource placeType preferredGazett… preferredGazett… status
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 14 "(2001). The Times c… Nation Belgien German stand…
#> 2 2550 "ASFA thesaurus" Coast Belgian Coast English stand…
#> 3 2554 "ASFA thesaurus" Coast Belgian West Co… English stand…
#> 4 3293 "Flanders Marine Ins… EEZ Belgian Contine… English stand…
#> 5 3293 "Flanders Marine Ins… EEZ Belgian Exclusi… English stand…
#> 6 24493 "Belgian Sea Fisheri… Historic… (Historical) fi… English stand…
#> 7 26567 "VLIZ (2020). Inters… Marine R… Belgian part of… English synon…
#> 8 49010 "Flanders Marine Ins… Territor… Belgian 12 NM English stand…
#> 9 49243 "Flanders Marine Ins… Contiguo… Belgian 24 NM English stand…
#> # … with 8 more variables: accepted <int>, latitude <dbl>, longitude <dbl>,
#> # minLatitude <dbl>, minLongitude <dbl>, maxLatitude <dbl>,
#> # maxLongitude <dbl>, precision <dbl>Search by unique identifier. See ?MRGID:
gaz_search(3293)
#> # A tibble: 1 × 14
#> MRGID gazetteerSource placeType latitude longitude minLatitude minLongitude
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1 3293 Flanders Marine I… EEZ 51.5 2.71 51.1 2.24
#> # … with 7 more variables: maxLatitude <dbl>, maxLongitude <dbl>,
#> # precision <dbl>, preferredGazetteerName <chr>,
#> # preferredGazetteerNameLang <chr>, status <chr>, accepted <int>Search by location:
gaz_search(x = 2.927, y = 51.21551)
#> # A tibble: 50 × 14
#> MRGID gazetteerSource placeType minLatitude minLongitude maxLatitude
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1 14 (2001). The Times compr… Nation 49.5 2.55 51.5
#> 2 14 (2001). The Times compr… Nation 49.5 2.55 51.5
#> 3 14 (2001). The Times compr… Nation 49.5 2.55 51.5
#> 4 14 (2001). The Times compr… Nation 49.5 2.55 51.5
#> 5 14 (2001). The Times compr… Nation 49.5 2.55 51.5
#> 6 14 (2001). The Times compr… Nation 49.5 2.55 51.5
#> 7 20 SAIL Province… 50.7 2.55 51.4
#> 8 20 SAIL Province… 50.7 2.55 51.4
#> 9 20 SAIL Province… 50.7 2.55 51.4
#> 10 20 SAIL Province… 50.7 2.55 51.4
#> # … with 40 more rows, and 8 more variables: maxLongitude <dbl>,
#> # preferredGazetteerName <chr>, preferredGazetteerNameLang <chr>,
#> # status <chr>, accepted <int>, latitude <dbl>, longitude <dbl>,
#> # precision <dbl>Search by place type:
gaz_search_by_type("EEZ")
#> # A tibble: 254 × 14
#> MRGID gazetteerSource placeType latitude longitude minLatitude minLongitude
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1 3293 Flanders Marine … EEZ 51.5 2.71 51.1 2.24
#> 2 5668 Flanders Marine … EEZ 53.6 4.19 51.0 2.54
#> 3 5669 Flanders Marine … EEZ 54.6 8.39 52.9 3.35
#> 4 5670 Flanders Marine … EEZ 40.9 19.1 39.6 18.3
#> 5 5672 Flanders Marine … EEZ 42.9 29.2 42.0 27.4
#> 6 5673 Flanders Marine … EEZ 43.4 15.7 41.6 13.0
#> 7 5674 Flanders Marine … EEZ 56.1 9.25 54.4 3.25
#> 8 5675 Flanders Marine … EEZ 58.8 23.0 57.6 20.4
#> 9 5676 Flanders Marine … EEZ 61.8 21.9 58.8 19.1
#> 10 5677 Flanders Marine … EEZ 46.0 -1.97 41.2 -9.88
#> # … with 244 more rows, and 7 more variables: maxLatitude <dbl>,
#> # maxLongitude <dbl>, precision <dbl>, preferredGazetteerName <chr>,
#> # preferredGazetteerNameLang <chr>, status <chr>, accepted <int>Search by authortative source:
gaz_search_by_source("Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)")
#> # A tibble: 23 × 13
#> MRGID gazetteerSource placeType latitude longitude preferredGazett…
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <chr>
#> 1 62642 Seys, J.; Pint, S.; Verv… Sampling… 51.3 3.16 SW-Blankenberge…
#> 2 62643 Seys, J.; Pint, S.; Verv… Sampling… 51.2 2.96 SW-Bredene-01
#> 3 62644 Seys, J.; Pint, S.; Verv… Sampling… 51.3 3.26 SW-Duinbergen-01
#> 4 62645 Seys, J.; Pint, S.; Verv… Sampling… 51.3 3.00 SW-De Haan-Voss…
#> 5 62646 Seys, J.; Pint, S.; Verv… Sampling… 51.3 3.24 SW-Heist-01
#> 6 62647 Seys, J.; Pint, S.; Verv… Sampling… 51.1 2.62 SW-Koksijde-01
#> 7 62648 Seys, J.; Pint, S.; Verv… Sampling… 51.2 2.81 SW-Middelkerke-…
#> 8 62649 Seys, J.; Pint, S.; Verv… Sampling… 51.2 2.71 SW-Nieuwpoort-01
#> 9 62650 Seys, J.; Pint, S.; Verv… Sampling… 51.1 2.69 SW-Oostduinkerk…
#> 10 62651 Seys, J.; Pint, S.; Verv… Sampling… 51.2 2.94 SW-Oostende_Oos…
#> # … with 13 more rows, and 7 more variables: preferredGazetteerNameLang <chr>,
#> # status <chr>, accepted <int>, minLatitude <dbl>, minLongitude <dbl>,
#> # maxLatitude <dbl>, maxLongitude <dbl>The list of place types and sources are available with gaz_types() and gaz_sources() respectively.
You can add the geometry of the Gazetteer entries with gaz_geometry():
# Get a record and turn into a sf object with geometry
gaz_search(3293) %>% gaz_geometry()
#> Simple feature collection with 1 feature and 14 fields
#> Geometry type: MULTIPOLYGON
#> Dimension: XY
#> Bounding box: xmin: 2.238333 ymin: 51.08931 xmax: 3.370403 ymax: 51.87611
#> Geodetic CRS: WGS 84
#> # A tibble: 1 × 15
#> MRGID gazetteerSource placeType latitude longitude minLatitude minLongitude
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1 3293 Flanders Marine I… EEZ 51.5 2.71 51.1 2.24
#> # … with 8 more variables: maxLatitude <dbl>, maxLongitude <dbl>,
#> # precision <dbl>, preferredGazetteerName <chr>,
#> # preferredGazetteerNameLang <chr>, status <chr>, accepted <int>,
#> # the_geom <MULTIPOLYGON [°]>
# Or get only the geometry
gaz_geometry(3293, format = "sfc")
#> Geometry set for 1 feature
#> Geometry type: MULTIPOLYGON
#> Dimension: XY
#> Bounding box: xmin: 2.238333 ymin: 51.08931 xmax: 3.370403 ymax: 51.87611
#> Geodetic CRS: WGS 84
#> MULTIPOLYGON (((3.370403 51.36696, 3.369459 51....The entries of the Marine Regions Gazetteer are organized hierarchically. You can browse this hierarchy up and down with gaz_relations()
# Get all relations
gaz_search(3293) %>% gaz_relations()
#> # A tibble: 31 × 14
#> MRGID gazetteerSource placeType latitude longitude minLatitude minLongitude
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1 3293 Flanders Marine … EEZ 51.5 2.71 51.1 2.24
#> 2 2419 ASFA thesaurus Sandbank… 51.5 2.58 NA NA
#> 3 2420 ASFA thesaurus Sandbank… 51.5 2.88 NA NA
#> 4 2421 ASFA thesaurus Sandbank… 51.3 2.64 NA NA
#> 5 14 (2001). The Time… Nation 50.5 4.48 49.5 2.55
#> 6 2350 (1953). Limits o… IHO Sea … 56.4 2.74 51.0 -4.45
#> 7 4675 <NA> Sandbank… NA NA NA NA
#> 8 2550 ASFA thesaurus Coast 51.2 2.91 51.1 2.54
#> 9 17401 Aphia Wreck 51.4 2.32 NA NA
#> 10 17409 Aphia Wreck 51.1 2.33 NA NA
#> # … with 21 more rows, and 7 more variables: maxLatitude <dbl>,
#> # maxLongitude <dbl>, precision <dbl>, preferredGazetteerName <chr>,
#> # preferredGazetteerNameLang <chr>, status <chr>, accepted <int>
# Or get the relations directly
gaz_relations(3293)
#> # A tibble: 31 × 14
#> MRGID gazetteerSource placeType latitude longitude minLatitude minLongitude
#> <int> <chr> <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>
#> 1 3293 Flanders Marine … EEZ 51.5 2.71 51.1 2.24
#> 2 2419 ASFA thesaurus Sandbank… 51.5 2.58 NA NA
#> 3 2420 ASFA thesaurus Sandbank… 51.5 2.88 NA NA
#> 4 2421 ASFA thesaurus Sandbank… 51.3 2.64 NA NA
#> 5 14 (2001). The Time… Nation 50.5 4.48 49.5 2.55
#> 6 2350 (1953). Limits o… IHO Sea … 56.4 2.74 51.0 -4.45
#> 7 4675 <NA> Sandbank… NA NA NA NA
#> 8 2550 ASFA thesaurus Coast 51.2 2.91 51.1 2.54
#> 9 17401 Aphia Wreck 51.4 2.32 NA NA
#> 10 17409 Aphia Wreck 51.1 2.33 NA NA
#> # … with 21 more rows, and 7 more variables: maxLatitude <dbl>,
#> # maxLongitude <dbl>, precision <dbl>, preferredGazetteerName <chr>,
#> # preferredGazetteerNameLang <chr>, status <chr>, accepted <int>Marine Regions Data Products
In addition to the Marine Regions Gazetteer, the Marine Regions Team creates and hosts geographical Data Products, being the most popular one the Marine Regions Maritime Boundaries.
An overview of all available products can be consulted with mrp_list
mrp_list
#> # A tibble: 21 × 8
#> title namespace layer license citation doi imis abstract
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 Exclusive Economic Zon… MarineRe… eez Creati… "Flande… http… http… "Versio…
#> 2 Maritime Boundaries (v… MarineRe… eez_… Creati… "Flande… http… http… "Versio…
#> 3 Territorial Seas (12 N… MarineRe… eez_… Creati… "Flande… http… http… "Versio…
#> 4 Contiguous Zones (24 N… MarineRe… eez_… Creati… "Flande… http… http… "Versio…
#> 5 Internal Waters (v3, w… MarineRe… eez_… Creati… "Flande… http… http… "Versio…
#> 6 Archipelagic Waters (v… MarineRe… eez_… Creati… "Flande… http… http… "Versio…
#> 7 High Seas (v1, world, … MarineRe… high… Creati… "Flande… http… http… "High S…
#> 8 Extended Continental S… MarineRe… ecs Creati… "Flande… http… http… "This d…
#> 9 Extended Continental S… MarineRe… ecs_… Creati… "Flande… http… http… "This d…
#> 10 IHO Sea Areas (v3) MarineRe… iho Creati… "Flande… http… http… "World …
#> # … with 11 more rowsYou can visualize the Marine Regions Data Products with mrp_view(). It opens an interactive leaflet::leaflet viewer.
mrp_view("eez")
Or you can download and read the data products into R with mrp_get()
mrp_get("eez")You can specify the download path in the path argument:
mrp_get("eez", path = "path/to/data")Get to know more in the Get Started vignette.
Citation
citation("mregions2")
#>
#> To cite package 'mregions2' in publications use:
#>
#> Fernandez-Bejarano S, Pohl L (2023). _mregions2: Access Data from
#> Marineregions.org: The Marine Regions Gazetteer and the Marine
#> Regions Data Products_. <https://github.com/lifewatch/mregions2>.
#>
#> A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is
#>
#> @Manual{,
#> title = {{mregions2}: Access Data from Marineregions.org: The Marine Regions Gazetteer and the Marine Regions Data Products},
#> author = {Salvador Fernandez-Bejarano and Lotte Pohl},
#> year = {2023},
#> url = {https://github.com/lifewatch/mregions2},
#> }Code of Conduct
Please note that the mregions2 project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.