[R-sig-Geo] GLOBE DEM in R?

[Andy Bunn]

Cool. Thanks for the suggestions all.

On 11/10/16, 5:59 AM, "R-sig-Geo on behalf of Hollister, Jeff"
<r-sig-geo-bounces at r-project.org on behalf of Hollister.Jeff at epa.gov>
wrote:

>Andy,
>
>I have been working on a package for accessing elevation data, elevatr.
>It is not yet on CRAN, but you can get the current version at
>https://github.com/jhollist/elevatr.
>
>For points it is currently using the USGS EPQS and Mapzen's Elevation
>Service.  The Mapzen elevation service does have global coverage and
>pulls from a variety of sources.  For higher latitudes it is using GMTED.
>
>You'll probably run into service limits.  I'm hoping to add some
>functionality that will conform to Mapzen's limits, but that hasn't been
>done yet...
>
>Any questions or comments about the package, let me know.
>
>Cheers,
>Jeff
>
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>Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 22:07:35 +0000
>From: Andy Bunn <Andy.Bunn at wwu.edu>
>To: R-sig-Geo <r-sig-geo at r-project.org>
>Subject: [R-sig-Geo] GLOBE DEM in R?
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>Is the GLOBE DEM accessible in R via a package? I usually use
>raster::getData() when I need elev data but I need to sample a SPDF of a
>few thousand points with latitudes higher than the SRTM covers. Thoughts
>appreciated.
>
>-Andy
>
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