Interface to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility API


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rgbif-package Interface to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility API.
check_wkt Check input WKT
count_facet Facetted count occurrence search.
datasets Search for datasets and dataset metadata.
dataset_metrics Get details on a GBIF dataset.
dataset_search Search datasets in GBIF.
dataset_suggest Suggest datasets in GBIF.
elevation Get elevation for lat/long points from a data.frame or list of points.
gbifmap Make a map to visualize GBIF occurrence data.
gbif_bbox2wkt Convert a bounding box to a Well Known Text polygon, and a WKT to a bounding box
gbif_issues Table of GBIF issues, with codes used in data output, full issue name, and descriptions.
gbif_names View highlighted terms in name results from GBIF.
gbif_photos View photos from GBIF.
gbif_wkt2bbox Convert a bounding box to a Well Known Text polygon, and a WKT to a bounding box
installations Installations metadata.
isocodes Table of country two character ISO codes, and GBIF names
name_backbone Lookup names in the GBIF backbone taxonomy.
name_lookup Lookup names in all taxonomies in GBIF.
name_suggest A quick and simple autocomplete service that returns up to 20 name usages by doing prefix matching against the scientific name. Results are ordered by relevance.
name_usage Lookup details for specific names in all taxonomies in GBIF.
networks Networks metadata.
nodes Nodes metadata.
occ_count Get number of occurrence records.
occ_fields Vector of fields in the output for the function 'occ_search'
occ_get Get data for specific GBIF occurrences.
occ_issues Parse and examine further GBIF issues on a dataset.
occ_issues_lookup Lookup occurrence issue definitions and short codes
occ_metadata Search for catalog numbers, collection codes, collector names, and institution codes.
occ_search Search for GBIF occurrences.
organizations Organizations metadata.
parsenames Parse taxon names using the GBIF name parser.
print.gbif Search for GBIF occurrences.
rgbif Interface to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility API.
rgbif-defunct Defunct functions in rgbif
rgb_country_codes Look up 2 character ISO country codes
taxrank Get the possible values to be used for (taxonomic) rank arguments in GBIF API methods.
typestatus Type status options for GBIF searching