Get EU 1km population grid — ll_get_population

Source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata/reference-data/population-distribution-demography/geostat More details: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Population_grids

Usage

ll_get_population_grid(
  year = 2018,
  match_sf = NULL,
  match_name = NULL,
  match_country = NULL,
  join = sf::st_intersects,
  silent = FALSE,
  population_grid_sf = NULL
)

Arguments

year: Defaults to 2018. Currently, the EU population grid is available only for the year 2006, 2011, and 2018.
match_sf: An sf object to be matched with the population grid. If not given, full grid is returned.
match_name: A name to be used for local caching. It is the responsibility of the user to keept it consistent. If not given, data are not cached locally.
match_country: Defaults to NULL. If given, used to speed up processing.
join: The function to use for filtering. Defaults to sf::st_intersects. Alternative includes the likes of sf::st_within, sf::st_touches, etc.
population_grid_sf: Defaults to NULL. If given, it uses this one as population grid of reference. Useful to bulk process items, as it removes the need for re-loading the grid from local storage at each iteration.

Value

An sf object with the population grid.