bcdata: An R package for searching retrieving data from the B.C. Data Catalogue
Andy Teucher, Sam J. Albers, Stephanie Hazlitt · The Journal of Open Source Software · 2021
Statement of Needbcdata is an R package that connects publicly available metadata and data sets in the British Columbia (B.C.) Data Catalogue (DataBC Program (2020)) to the diverse array of mapping, modeling and data processing capabilities of the R ecosystem.bcdata enables the efficient retrieval of British Columbia's geospatial data, and supports repeatable and reproducible analysis of hundreds of open-licensed British Columbia public sector data sets.By enabling programmatic access to the B.