Get lake shape as sf object — get_lake_shape • aemetools

This function retrieves the shape of a lake from the LimnoTrack API using the provided Lernzmp ID. The shape is returned as an sf object.

Usage

get_lake_shape(id, api_url = "https://api.limnotrack.com", api_key = NULL)

Arguments

id: character or numeric; the character Lernzmp ID (e.g. "LID 1") of the lake or the numeric FENZ ID (e.g. 1).
api_url: character; base URL of the API.
api_key: character; API key for authentication. If NULL, will look for the key in the LERNZMP_KEY environment variable. If that is not set, will throw an error.

Value

an sf object representing the lake shape.

Examples

lake <- get_lake_shape(id = 1, api_key = Sys.getenv("LERNZMP_KEY"))