General {geonames} | R Documentation |
Get topographic (height) information.
GNcountryCode(lat,lng,lang,radius) GNcountryInfo(country,lang) GNcities(north,east,south,west,lang,maxRows) GNtimezone(lat,lng)
lat |
Decimal latitude. North is positive |
lng |
Decimal longitude. East is positive |
radius |
Search radius in km |
lang |
Language for internationalised returned text |
country |
Two-character country code |
north,east,south,west |
Decimal degree bounding box |
maxRows |
Limit on returned rows |
These functions query geonames for information about various things.
See http://www.geonames.org/export/ws-overview.html for a full description of valid arguments and return values.
List or data frame objects with the query results.