Submitting Author: mark padgham (@mpadge)
Repository: mpadge/mapscanner
Version submitted: 0.0.1
Editor: @sckott
Reviewer 1: @potterzot
Reviewer 2: @khondula
Archive: TBD
Version accepted: TBD
Package: mapscanner
Title: Print Maps, Draw on Them, Scan Them Back In
Version: 0.0.1
Authors@R: c(
person("Mark", "Padgham", email="mark.padgham@email.com", role=c("aut", "cre")),
person("Michael D.", "Sumner", role = "aut", email = "mdsumner@gmail.com"),
person("Stanislaw", "Adaszewski", role = "cph",
comment = "author of include concaveman-cpp code"))
Description: Print maps, draw on them, scan them back in, and convert to spatial
objects.
License: GPL-3 | BSD_2_clause + file LICENSE
Encoding: UTF-8
LazyData: true
NeedsCompilation: yes
Depends: R (>= 3.5.0)
Imports:
cli,
curl,
dplyr,
fs,
glue,
jpeg,
magrittr,
magick,
memoise,
pdftools,
png,
purrr,
raster,
Rcpp,
reproj,
RNiftyReg,
sf,
slippymath,
tibble,
RTriangle,
gibble,
polyclip,
unjoin,
rlang
Suggests:
ggplot2,
knitr,
lwgeom,
mapview,
osmdata,
rmarkdown,
testthat,
spelling
LinkingTo: Rcpp
SystemRequirements:
C++11
VignetteBuilder: knitr
URL: https://github.com/mpadge/mapscanner
BugReports: https://github.com/mpadge/mapscanner/issues
RoxygenNote: 6.1.1
Language: en-GB
Scope
Please indicate which category or categories from our package fit policies this package falls under: (Please check an appropriate box below. If you are unsure, we suggest you make a pre-submission inquiry.):
Explain how and why the package falls under these categories (briefly, 1-2 sentences):
mapscanner
fits nicely into both data extraction and geospatial data. It is definitely geospatial because it concerns maps, and ultimately generates spatial output in standard (sf) format. It is nevertheless primarily a "data extraction" tool that extracts useful (spatially) structured data from unstructured input in either pdf or image formats.
The target audience comprises social researchers interested in spatial phenomena such as subjective perceptions of regions or areas, or perceptions of location. More specifically, these kinds of analyses are currently restricted to (highly) commercial service provision, and the package aims to aid and empower social researchers in financially disadvantageous circumstances by providing analytic abilities that would otherwise be prohibitively expensive.
No R packages whatsoever that we are aware of. Vaguely similar software exists in other languages, such as mapmatcher
(in java
; long abandoned) and Maplat
(.js
; mostly in Japanese, and comparable only in algorithmic terms; purpose is entirely different).
Pre-submission issue #322, approved for submission by @noamross 🎆
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