Cool. Thanks for the suggestions all. On 11/10/16, 5:59 AM, "R-sig-Geo on behalf of Hollister, Jeff" <r-sig-geo-boun...@r-project.org on behalf of hollister.j...@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 > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 22:07:35 +0000 >From: Andy Bunn <andy.b...@wwu.edu> >To: R-sig-Geo <r-sig-geo@r-project.org> >Subject: [R-sig-Geo] GLOBE DEM in R? >Message-ID: <d448de23.5ea20%andy.b...@wwu.edu> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > >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 > >_______________________________________________ >R-sig-Geo mailing list >R-sig-Geo@r-project.org >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo _______________________________________________ R-sig-Geo mailing list R-sig-Geo@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo
