Write SpatVector data to a file — writeVector • terra

Write a SpatVector to a file. You can choose one of many file formats.

Usage

# S4 method for class 'SpatVector,character'
writeVector(x, filename, filetype=NULL, layer=NULL, insert=FALSE,
    overwrite=FALSE, options="ENCODING=UTF-8")

Arguments

x: SpatVector
filename: character. Output filename
filetype: character. A file format associated with a GDAL "driver" such as "ESRI Shapefile". See gdal(drivers=TRUE) or the GDAL docs. If NULL it is attempted to guess the filetype from the filename extension
layer: character. Output layer name. If NULL the filename is used
insert: logical. If TRUE, a new layer is inserted into the file, or an existing layer overwritten (if overwrite=TRUE), if the format supports it (e.g. GPKG allows that). See vector_layers to remove a layer
overwrite: logical. If TRUE and insert=FALSE, filename is overwritten if the file format and layer structure permits it. If TRUE and insert=TRUE, only the target layer is overwritten if the format supports it (e.g. GPKG).
options: character. Format specific GDAL options such as "ENCODING=UTF-8". Use NULL or "" to not use any options

Examples

v <- vect(cbind(1:5,1:5))
crs(v) <- "+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84"
v$id <- 1:length(v)
v$name <- letters[1:length(v)]
tmpf1 <- paste0(tempfile(), ".gpkg")
writeVector(v, tmpf1, overwrite=TRUE)
x <- vect(tmpf1)

f <- system.file("ex/lux.shp", package="terra")
v <- vect(f)
tmpf2 <- paste0(tempfile(), ".gpkg")
writeVector(v, tmpf2, overwrite=TRUE)
y <- vect(tmpf2)