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osmextract
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This code chunk demonstrates the process of downloading geospatial data for the state of Haryana in India and performing some basic preprocessing. First, it uses the osmextract package to download points, lines, and polygon data from OpenStreetMap for Haryana using the oe_get() function. Then, the code fetches the district-wise boundary map for Haryana using the geodata::gadm() function to retrieve administrative boundaries, which are converted into simple features (sf) objects using the sf package. Lastly, the overall state boundary map for Haryana is retrieved similarly and cleaned up.
It processes spatial data of Haryana’s roads and toll booths using the sf package. Roads are categorized by type and filtered using mutate(case_when()), ensuring only relevant highways are retained. The dataset is then clipped to Haryana’s boundary with st_intersection(). A subset of toll booths is manually filtered to remove duplicates.
Then, the code determines the district-wise distribution of toll booths and computes the total highway length in each district using sf and dplyr. The st_intersects() function finds which district each toll booth falls into, creating a mapping vector. The total highway length per district is calculated using st_intersection() and st_length(), then converted to kilometers. Finally, the data is combined using left_join(), missing values are handled with replace_na(), and toll density (km per toll) is computed and arranged in descending order.
Finally, it visualizes Haryana’s road network, district boundaries, and toll booth distribution using ggplot2 and sf. geom_sf() is used to plot district borders, highways, and toll booths, while highway width is controlled with scale_alpha_manual() and scale_linewidth_manual(). A bar chart displays district-wise highway length per toll booth using geom_col(), with additional annotations for toll count and highway length. The two plots are combined using patchwork.
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