Create grid across Canada — grid_canada • naturecounts

Create grid across Canada

grid_canada(cell_size = 200, buffer = 500)

Arguments

cell_size: Numeric. Size of grid (km) to use when creating grid. If using this grid as input to cosewic_ranges(), should use default COSEWIC grid size of 2.
buffer: Numeric. Extra buffer (km) to add around the outline of Canada before calculating grid.

Value

sf data frame with polygon grid

Examples


gc <- grid_canada(200) 
gc_buff <- grid_canada(200, buffer = 0)

# Plot to illustrate
library(ggplot2)
ggplot() +
  geom_sf(data = map_canada()) +
  geom_sf(data = gc, fill = NA) +
  labs(caption = "200km buffer")

  
ggplot() +
  geom_sf(data = map_canada()) +
  geom_sf(data = gc_buff, fill = NA) +
  labs(caption = "No buffer")