Package: whatarelief 0.0.1.9012

whatarelief: Get topography elevation and online imagery data

Obtain elevation data, topography relief for any region on the Earth. Topography and bathymetry data is supported by default. Sensible defaults exist for usage, with a matrix of entire planet topography(and bathymetry) returned. The geographic extent can be modified (from whole-planet) to a simple region in longitude/latitude by 'xmin,xmax,ymin,ymax' range, or by specifying a grid exactly with extent, dimension, projection in generic or spatial formats ('terra' or 'raster'). Online sources for data are used, 'GEBCO' General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) as a background (to ~500m resolution), and Copernicus GLO-30 Digital Elevation Model for higher resolution (to ~30m resolution). Custom source/s of topography may be input to override defaults, links to file/s or URLs as required.

Authors:Michael D. Sumner [aut, cre]