Reads GPX format files by simply finding all longitudes and latitudes; in other words, information on separate tracks, or waypoints, etc., is lost.
Usage
read.gps(
file,
type = NULL,
encoding = "latin1",
debug = getOption("oceDebug"),
processingLog
)Arguments
- file
name of file containing gps data.
- type
type of file, which will be inferred from examination of the data if not supplied. In the present version, the only choice for
typeis"gpx".- encoding
a character value that indicates the encoding to be used for this data file, if it is textual. The default value for most functions is
"latin1", which seems to be suitable for files containing text written in English and French.- debug
set to TRUE to print information about the header, etc.
- processingLog
ignored.
Value
A gps object.
See also
Other things related to gps data:
[[,gps-method,
[[<-,gps-method,
as.gps(),
gps-class,
plot,gps-method,
summary,gps-method