Class encapsulating a vector layer in a GDAL dataset

GDALVector provides an interface for accessing a vector layer in a GDAL dataset and calling methods on the underlying OGRLayer object. An object of class GDALVector persists an open connection to the dataset, and exposes methods for retrieving layer information, setting attribute and spatial filters, and reading/writing feature data. See https://gdal.org/api/index.html for details of the GDAL Vector API.

Class GDALVector is currently under development. An initial implementation supporting read access was added in gdalraster 1.11.1.9100. A working document with draft specifications is available at:
https://usdaforestservice.github.io/gdalraster/articles/gdalvector-draft.html
and discussion thread/status updates at:
https://github.com/USDAForestService/gdalraster/issues/241.

Arguments

dsn: Character string containing the data source name (DSN), usually a filename or database connection string.
layer: Character string containing the name of a layer within the data source. May also be given as an SQL SELECT statement to be executed against the data source, defining a layer as the result set.
read_only: Logical scalar. TRUE to open the layer read-only (the default), or FALSE to open with write access.
open_options: Optional character vector of NAME=VALUE pairs specifying dataset open options.
spatial_filter: Optional character string containing a geometry in Well Known Text (WKT) format which represents a spatial filter.
dialect: Optional character string to control the statement dialect when SQL is used to define the layer. By default, the OGR SQL engine will be used, except for RDBMS drivers that will use their dedicated SQL engine, unless "OGRSQL" is explicitly passed as the dialect. The "SQLITE" dialect can also be used.

Value

An object of class GDALVector which contains pointers to the opened layer and the dataset that owns it, and methods that operate on the layer as described in Details. GDALVector is a C++ class exposed directly to R (via RCPP_EXPOSED_CLASS). Fields and methods of the class are accessed using the $ operator. Note that all arguments to exposed class methods are required (but do not have to be named). The read/write fields are per-object settings which can be changed as needed during the lifetime of the object.

Usage (see Details)


## Constructors
# for single-layer file formats such as shapefile
lyr <- new(GDALVector, dsn)
# specifying the layer name, or SQL statement defining the layer
lyr <- new(GDALVector, dsn, layer)
# for update access
lyr <- new(GDALVector, dsn, layer, read_only = FALSE)
# using dataset open options
lyr <- new(GDALVector, dsn, layer, read_only, open_options)
# setting a spatial filter and/or specifying the SQL dialect
lyr <- new(GDALVector, dsn, layer, read_only, open_options, spatial_filter, dialect)

## Read/write fields (per-object settings)
lyr$defaultGeomFldName
lyr$promoteToMulti
lyr$quiet
lyr$returnGeomAs
lyr$wkbByteOrder

## Methods
lyr$open(read_only)
lyr$isOpen()
lyr$getDsn()
lyr$getFileList()
lyr$getDriverShortName()
lyr$getDriverLongName()

lyr$getName()
lyr$getFieldNames()
lyr$testCapability()
lyr$getFIDColumn()
lyr$getGeomType()
lyr$getGeometryColumn()
lyr$getSpatialRef()
lyr$bbox()
lyr$getLayerDefn()

lyr$setAttributeFilter(query)
lyr$getAttributeFilter()
lyr$setIgnoredFields(fields)
lyr$setSelectedFields(fields)

lyr$setSpatialFilter(wkt)
lyr$setSpatialFilterRect(bbox)
lyr$getSpatialFilter()
lyr$clearSpatialFilter()

lyr$getFeatureCount()
lyr$getNextFeature()
lyr$setNextByIndex(i)
lyr$getFeature(fid)
lyr$resetReading()
lyr$fetch(n)

lyr$setFeature(feature)
lyr$createFeature(feature)
lyr$upsertFeature(feature)
lyr$getLastWriteFID()
lyr$deleteFeature(fid)
lyr$syncToDisk()

lyr$startTransaction(force)
lyr$commitTransaction()
lyr$rollbackTransaction()

ds$getMetadata()
ds$setMetadata(metadata)
ds$getMetadataItem(mdi_name)

lyr$close()

Details

Constructors

new(GDALVector, dsn)
The first layer by index is assumed if the layer argument is omitted, so this form of the constructor might be used for single-layer formats like shapefile.

new(GDALVector, dsn, layer)
Constructor specifying the name of a layer to open. The layer argument may also be given as an SQL SELECT statement to define a layer as the result set.

new(GDALVector, dsn, layer, read_only)
Constructor specifying read/write access (read_only = {TRUE|FALSE}). The layer argument is required in this form of the constructor, but may be given as empty string (""), in which case the first layer by index will be assumed.

new(GDALVector, dsn, layer, read_only, open_options)
Constructor specifying dataset open options as a character vector of NAME=VALUE pairs.

new(GDALVector, dsn, layer, read_only, open_options, spatial_filter, dialect))
Constructor to specify a spatial filter and/or SQL dialect. All arguments are required in this form of the constructor, but open_options may be NULL, and spatial_filter or dialect may be an empty string ("").

Read/write fields

$defaultGeomFldName
Character string specifying a name to use for returned columns when the geometry column name in the source layer is empty, like with shapefiles etc. Defaults to "geometry".

$promoteToMulti
A logical value specifying whether to automatically promote geometries from Polygon to MultiPolygon, Point to MultiPoint, or LineString to MultiLineString during read operations (i.e., with methods $getFeature(), $getNextFeature(), $fetch()). Defaults to FALSE. Setting to TRUE may be useful when reading from layers such as shapefiles that mix, e.g., Polygons and MultiPolygons.

$quiet
A logical value, FALSE by default. Set to TRUE to suppress various messages and warnings.

$returnGeomAs
Character string specifying the return format of feature geometries. Must be one of WKB (the default), WKB_ISO, WKT, WKT_ISO, BBOX, or NONE. Using WKB/WKT exports as 99-402 extended dimension (Z) types for Point, LineString, Polygon, MultiPoint, MultiLineString, MultiPolygon and GeometryCollection. For other geometry types, it is equivalent to using WKB_ISO/WKT_ISO (see https://libgeos.org/specifications/wkb/). Using BBOX exports as a list of numeric vectors, each of length 4 with values xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax. If an empty geometry is encountered these values will be NA_real_ in the corresponding location. Using NONE will result in no geometry value being present in the feature returned.

$wkbByteOrder
Character string specifying the byte order for WKB geometries. Must be either LSB (Least Significant Byte first, the default) or MSB (Most Significant Byte first).

Methods

$open(read_only)
(Re-)opens the vector layer on the existing DSN. Use this method to open a layer that has been closed using $close(). May be used to re-open a layer with a different read/write access (read_only set to TRUE or FALSE). The method will first close an open dataset, so it is not required to call $close() explicitly in this case. No return value, called for side effects.

$isOpen()
Returns a logical scalar indicating whether the vector dataset is open.

$getDsn()
Returns a character string containing the dsn associated with this GDALVector object (dsn originally used to open the layer).

$getFileList()
Returns a character vector of files believed to be part of the data source. If it returns an empty string ("") it means there is believed to be no local file system files associated with the dataset (e.g., a virtual file system). The returned filenames will normally be relative or absolute paths depending on the path used to originally open the dataset.

$getDriverShortName()
Returns the short name of the vector format driver.

$getDriverLongName()
Returns the long name of the vector format driver.

$getName()
Returns the layer name.

$getFieldNames()
Returns a character vector of the layer's field names.

$testCapability()
Tests whether the layer supports named capabilities based on the current read/write access. Returns a list of capabilities with values TRUE or FALSE. The returned list contains the following named elements: RandomRead, SequentialWrite, RandomWrite, UpsertFeature, FastSpatialFilter, FastFeatureCount, FastGetExtent, FastSetNextByIndex, CreateField, CreateGeomField, DeleteField, ReorderFields, AlterFieldDefn, AlterGeomFieldDefn, DeleteFeature, StringsAsUTF8, Transactions, CurveGeometries. (See the GDAL documentation for OGR_L_TestCapability().)

$getFIDColumn()
Returns the name of the underlying database column being used as the FID column, or empty string ("") if not supported.

$getGeomType()
Returns the well known name of the layer geometry type as character string. For layers with multiple geometry fields, this method only returns the geometry type of the first geometry column. For other columns, use $getLayerDefn(). For layers without any geometry field, this method returns "NONE".

$getGeometryColumn()
Returns he name of the underlying database column being used as the geometry column, or an empty string ("") if not supported. For layers with multiple geometry fields, this method only returns the name of the first geometry column. For other columns, use $getLayerDefn().

$getSpatialRef()
Returns a WKT string containing the spatial reference system for this layer, or empty string ("") if no spatial reference exists.

$bbox()
Returns a numeric vector of length four containing the bounding box for this layer (xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax). Note that bForce = true is set in the underlying API call to OGR_L_GetExtent(), so the entire layer may be scanned to compute a minimum bounding rectangle (see FastGetExtent in the list returned by $testCapability()). Depending on the format driver, a spatial filter may or may not be taken into account, so it is safer to call $bbox() without setting a spatial filter.

$getLayerDefn()
Returns a list containing the OGR feature class definition for this layer (a.k.a. layer definition). The list contains zero or more attribute field definitions, along with one or more geometry field definitions. See ogr_define for details of the field and feature class definitions.

$setAttributeFilter(query)
Sets an attribute query string to be used when fetching features via the $getNextFeature() or $fetch() methods. Only features for which query evaluates as true will be returned. The query string should be in the format of an SQL WHERE clause, described in the "WHERE" section of the OGR SQL dialect documentation (e.g., "population > 1000000 and population < 5000000", where population is an attribute in the layer). In some cases (RDBMS backed drivers, SQLite, GeoPackage) the native capabilities of the database may be used to to interpret the WHERE clause, in which case the capabilities will be broader than those of OGR SQL. Note that installing a query string will generally result in resetting the current reading position (as with $resetReading() described below). The query parameter may be set to empty string ("") to clear the current attribute filter.

$getAttributeFilter()
Returns the attribute query string currently in use, or empty string ("") if an attribute filter is not set.

$setIgnoredFields(fields)
Set which fields can be omitted when retrieving features from the layer. The fields argument is a character vector of field names. Passing an empty string ("") for fields will reset to no ignored fields. If the format driver supports this functionality (testable using $testCapability()$IgnoreFields), it will not fetch the specified fields in subsequent calls to $getFeature() / $getNextFeature() / $fetch(), and thus save some processing time and/or bandwidth. Besides field names of the layer, the following special fields can be passed: "OGR_GEOMETRY" to ignore geometry and "OGR_STYLE" to ignore layer style. By default, no fields are ignored. Note that fields that are used in an attribute filter should generally not be set as ignored fields, as most drivers (such as those relying on the OGR SQL engine) will be unable to correctly evaluate the attribute filter. No return value, called for side effects.

$setSelectedFields(fields)
Set which fields will be included when retrieving features from the layer. The fields argument is a character vector of field names. Passing an empty string ("") for fields will reset to no ignored fields. See the $setIgnoredFields() method above for more information. The data source must provide IgnoreFields capability in order to set selected fields. Note that geometry fields, if desired, must be specified when setting selected fields, either by including named geometry field(s) or the special field "OGR_GEOMETRY" in the fields argument. No return value, called for side effects.

$setSpatialFilter(wkt)
Sets a new spatial filter from a geometry in WKT format. This method sets the geometry to be used as a spatial filter when fetching features via the $getNextFeature() or $fetch() methods. Only features that geometrically intersect the filter geometry will be returned. Currently this test may be inaccurately implemented (depending on the vector format driver), but it is guaranteed that all features whose envelope overlaps the envelope of the spatial filter will be returned. This can result in more shapes being returned that should strictly be the case. wkt is a character string containing a WKT geometry in the same coordinate system as the layer. An empty string ("") may be passed indicating that the current spatial filter should be cleared, but no new one instituted.

$setSpatialFilterRect(bbox)
Sets a new rectangular spatial filter. This method sets a rectangle to be used as a spatial filter when fetching features via the $getNextFeature() or $fetch() methods. Only features that geometrically intersect the given rectangle will be returned. bbox is a numeric vector of length four containing xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax in the same coordinate system as the layer as a whole (as returned by $getSpatialRef()).

$getSpatialFilter()
Returns the current spatial filter geometry as a WKT string, or empty string ("") if a spatial filter is not set.

$clearSpatialFilter()
Clears a spatial filter that was set with $setSpatialFilterRect(). No return value, called for that side effect.

$getFeatureCount()
Returns the number of features in the layer. For dynamic databases the count may not be exact. This method forces a count in the underlying API call (i.e., bForce = TRUE in the call to OGR_L_GetFeatureCount()). Note that some vector drivers will actually scan the entire layer once to count features. The FastFeatureCount element in the list returned by the $testCapability() method can be checked if this might be a concern. The number of features returned takes into account the spatial and/or attribute filters. Some driver implementations of this method may alter the read cursor of the layer.

$getNextFeature()
Fetch the next available feature from this layer. Only features matching the current spatial and/or attribute filter (if defined) will be returned. This method implements sequential access to the features of a layer. The $resetReading() method can be used to start at the beginning again. Returns a list with the unique feature identifier (FID), the attribute and geometry field names, and their values. The returned list carries the OGRFeature class attribute with S3 methods for for print() and plot(). NULL is returned if no more features are available.

$setNextByIndex(i)
Moves the read cursor to the ith feature in the current result set (with 0-based indexing). This method allows positioning of a layer such that a call to $getNextFeature() or fetch() will read the requested feature(s), where i is an absolute index into the current result set. So, setting i = 3 would mean the next feature read with $getNextFeature() would have been the 4th feature read if sequential reading took place from the beginning of the layer, including accounting for spatial and attribute filters. This method is not implemented efficiently by all vector format drivers. The default implementation simply resets reading to the beginning and then calls GetNextFeature() i times. To determine if fast seeking is available on the current layer, check the FastSetNextByIndex element in the list returned by the $testCapability() method. No return value, called for side effect.

$getFeature(fid)
Returns a feature by its identifier. The value of fid must be a numeric scalar, optionally carrying the bit64::integer64 class attribute. Success or failure of this operation is unaffected by any spatial or attribute filters that may be in effect. The RandomRead element in the list returned by $testCapability() can be checked to establish if this layer supports efficient random access reading; however, the call should always work if the feature exists since a fallback implementation just scans all the features in the layer looking for the desired feature. Returns a list with the unique feature identifier (FID), the attribute and geometry field names, and their values, or NULL on failure. Note that sequential reads (with $getNextFeature()) are generally considered interrupted by a call to $getFeature().

$resetReading()
Reset feature reading to start on the first feature. No return value, called for that side effect.

$fetch(n)
Fetches the next n features from the layer and returns them as a data frame. This allows retrieving the entire set of features, one page of features at a time, or the remaining features (from the current cursor position). Returns a data frame with as many rows as features were fetched, and as many columns as attribute plus geometry fields in the result set, even if the result is a single value or has one or zero rows. The returned data frame carries the OGRFeatureSet class attribute with S3 methods for for print() and plot().

This method is an analog of DBI::dbFetch().

The n argument is the maximum number of features to retrieve per fetch given as integer or numeric but assumed to be a whole number (will be truncated). Use n = -1 or n = Inf to retrieve all pending features (resets reading to the first feature). Otherwise, $fetch() can be called multiple times to perform forward paging from the current cursor position. Passing n = NA is also supported and returns the remaining features. Fetching zero features is possible to retrieve the structure of the feature set as a data frame (columns fully typed).

OGR field types are returned as the following R types (NA for OGR NULL values):

OFTInteger: integer
OFTInteger subtype OFSTBoolean: logical
OFTIntegerList: vector of integer (list column)
OFTInteger64: numeric carrying "integer64" class attribute {bit64}
OFTInteger64 subtype OFSTBoolean: logical
OFTInteger64List: vector of bit64::integer64 (list column)
OFTReal: numeric
OFTRealList: vector of numeric (list column)
OFTString: character string
OFTStringList: vector of character strings (list column)
OFTDate: class "Date" (numeric)
OFTDateTime: class "POSIXct" (numeric, millisecond accuracy)
OFTTime: character string ("HH:MM:SS")
OFTBinary: raw vector (list column, NULL entries for OGR NULL values)

Geometries are not returned if the field returnGeomAs is set to NONE. Omitting the geometries may be beneficial for performance and memory usage when access only to feature attributes is needed. Geometries are returned as raw vectors in a data frame list column when returnGeomAs is set to WKB (the default) or WKB_ISO, or as character strings when returnGeomAs is set to one of WKT or WKT_ISO.

Note that $getFeatureCount() is called internally when fetching the full feature set or all remaining features (but not for a page of features).

$setFeature(feature)
Rewrites/replaces an existing feature. This method writes a feature based on the feature id within the input feature. The feature argument is a named list of fields and their values, and must include a $FID element referencing the existing feature to rewrite. The RandomWrite element in the list returned by $testCapability() can be checked to establish if this layer supports random access writing via $setFeature(). The way omitted fields in the passed feature are processed is driver dependent:

SQL-based drivers which implement set feature through SQL UPDATE will skip unset fields, and thus the content of the existing feature will be preserved.
The shapefile driver will write a NULL value in the DBF file.
The GeoJSON driver will take into account unset fields to remove the corresponding JSON member.

Returns logical TRUE upon successful completion, or FALSE if setting the feature did not succeed. The FID of the last feature written to the layer may be obtained with the method $getLastWriteFID() (see below). To set a feature, but create it if it doesn't exist see the $upsertFeature() method.

$createFeature(feature)
Creates and writes a new feature within the layer. The feature argument is a named list of fields and their values. The passed feature is written to the layer as a new feature, rather than overwriting an existing one. If the feature has a $FID element other than NA, then the vector format driver may use that as the feature id of the new feature, but not necessarily. The FID of the last feature written to the layer may be obtained with the method $getLastWriteFID() (see below). Returns logical TRUE upon successful completion, or FALSE if creating the feature did not succeed. To create a feature, but set it if it already exists see the $upsertFeature() method.

$upsertFeature(feature)
Rewrites/replaces an existing feature or creates a new feature within the layer. This method will write a feature to the layer, based on the feature id within the input feature. The feature argument is a named list of fields and their values, potentially including a $FID element referencing an existing feature to rewrite. If the feature id doesn't exist a new feature will be written. Otherwise, the existing feature will be rewritten. The UpsertFeature element in the list returned by $testCapability() can be checked to determine if this layer supports upsert writing. See $setFeature() above for a description of how omitted fields in the passed feature are processed. Returns logical TRUE upon successful completion, or FALSE if upserting the feature did not succeed. Requires GDAL >= 3.6.

$getLastWriteFID()
Returns the FID of the last feature written (either newly created or updated existing). NULL is returned if no features have been written in the layer. Note that OGRNullFID (-1) may be returned after writing a feature in some formats. This is the case if a FID has not been assigned yet, and generally does not indicate an error (e.g., formats that do not store a persistent FID and assign FIDs upon a sequential read operation). The returned FID is a numeric scalar carrying the bit64::integer64 class attribute.

$deleteFeature(fid)
Deletes a feature from the layer. The feature with the indicated feature ID is deleted from the layer if supported by the format driver. The value of fid must be a numeric scalar, optionally carrying the bit64::integer64 class attribute (should be a whole number, will be truncated). The DeleteFeature element in the list returned by $testCapability() can be checked to establish if this layer has delete feature capability. Returns logical TRUE if the operation succeeds, or FALSE on failure.

$syncToDisk()
Flushes pending changes to disk. This call is intended to force the layer to flush any pending writes to disk, and leave the disk file in a consistent state. It would not normally have any effect on read-only datasources. Some formats do not implement this method, and will still return no error. An error is only returned if an error occurs while attempting to flush to disk. In any event, you should always close any opened datasource with $close() which will ensure all data is correctly flushed. Returns logical TRUE if no error occurs (even if nothing is done) or FALSE on error.

$startTransaction(force)
Creates a transaction if supported by the vector data source. The force argument is a logical value. If force = FALSE, only "efficient" transactions will be attempted. Some drivers may offer an emulation of transactions, but sometimes with significant overhead, in which case the user must explicitly allow for such an emulation by setting force =TRUE. The function ogr_ds_test_cap() can be used to determine whether a vector data source supports efficient or emulated transactions.

All changes done after the start of the transaction are definitely applied in the data source if $commitTransaction() is called. They can be canceled by calling rollbackTransaction() instead. Nested transactions are not supported. Transactions are implemented at the dataset level, so multiple GDALVector objects using the same data source should not have transactions active at the same time.

In case $startTransaction() fails, neither $commitTransaction() nor $rollbackTransaction() should be called. If an error occurs after a successful $startTransaction(), the whole transaction may or may not be implicitly canceled, depending on the format driver (e.g., the PostGIS driver will cancel it, SQLite/GPKG will not). In any case, in the event of an error, an explicit call to rollbackTransaction() should be done to keep things balanced.

Returns logical TRUE if the transaction is created, or FALSE on failure.

$commitTransaction()
Commits a transaction if supported by the vector data source. Returns a logical value, TRUE if the transaction is successfully committed. Returns FALSE if no transaction is active, or the rollback fails, or if the data source does not support transactions. Depending on the format driver, this may or may not abort layer sequential reading that may be active.

$rollbackTransaction()
Rolls back a data source to its state before the start of the current transaction, if transactions are supported by the data source. Returns a logical value, TRUE if the transaction is successfully rolled back. Returns FALSE if no transaction is active, or the rollback fails, or if the data source does not support transactions.

$getMetadata()
Returns a character vector of all metadata NAME=VALUE pairs for the layer or empty string ("") if there are no metadata items.

$setMetadata(metadata)
Sets metadata on the layer if the format supports it. The metadata argument is given as a character vector of NAME=VALUE pairs. Returns logical TRUE on success or FALSE if metadata could not be set.

$getMetadataItem(mdi_name)
Returns the value of a specific metadata item named mdi_name, or empty string ("") if no matching item is found.

$close()
Closes the vector dataset (no return value, called for side effects). Calling $close() results in proper cleanup, and flushing of any pending writes. The GDALVector object is still available after calling $close(). The layer can be re-opened on the existing dsn with $open(read_only = {TRUE|FALSE}).

Examples

## MTBS fire perimeters in Yellowstone National Park 1984-2022
f <- system.file("extdata/ynp_fires_1984_2022.gpkg", package = "gdalraster")

## copy to a temporary file that is writeable
dsn <- file.path(tempdir(), basename(f))
file.copy(f, dsn)
#> [1] TRUE

lyr <- new(GDALVector, dsn, "mtbs_perims")

## object of class GDALVector
lyr
#> C++ object <0x55fd03a5cc40> of class 'GDALVector' <0x55fd00ffe8d0>
str(lyr)
#> Reference class 'Rcpp_GDALVector' [package "gdalraster"] with 8 fields
#>  $ defaultGeomFldName: chr "geometry"
#>  $ m_dialect         : chr ""
#>  $ m_is_sql          : logi FALSE
#>  $ m_layer_name      : chr "mtbs_perims"
#>  $ promoteToMulti    : logi FALSE
#>  $ quiet             : logi FALSE
#>  $ returnGeomAs      : chr "WKB"
#>  $ wkbByteOrder      : chr "LSB"
#>  and 66 methods, of which 52 are  possibly relevant:
#>    OGRFeatureFromList_dumpReadble, bbox, clearSpatialFilter, close,
#>    commitTransaction, createFeature, deleteFeature, fetch, finalize,
#>    getAttributeFilter, getDriverLongName, getDriverShortName, getDsn,
#>    getFIDColumn, getFeature, getFeatureCount, getFieldNames, getFileList,
#>    getGeomType, getGeometryColumn, getLastWriteFID, getLayerDefn, getMetadata,
#>    getMetadataItem, getName, getNextFeature, getSpatialFilter, getSpatialRef,
#>    initialize, isOpen, layerClip, layerErase, layerIdentity, layerIntersection,
#>    layerSymDifference, layerUnion, layerUpdate, open, resetReading,
#>    rollbackTransaction, setAttributeFilter, setFeature, setIgnoredFields,
#>    setMetadata, setNextByIndex, setSelectedFields, setSpatialFilter,
#>    setSpatialFilterRect, startTransaction, syncToDisk, testCapability,
#>    upsertFeature

## dataset info
lyr$getDriverShortName()
#> [1] "GPKG"
lyr$getDriverLongName()
#> [1] "GeoPackage"
lyr$getFileList()
#> [1] "/tmp/Rtmpc9VA3S/ynp_fires_1984_2022.gpkg"

## layer info
lyr$getName()
#> [1] "mtbs_perims"
lyr$getGeomType()
#> [1] "MULTIPOLYGON"
lyr$getGeometryColumn()
#> [1] "geom"
lyr$getFIDColumn()
#> [1] "fid"
lyr$getSpatialRef()
#> [1] "PROJCS[\"NAD83 / Montana\",GEOGCS[\"NAD83\",DATUM[\"North_American_Datum_1983\",SPHEROID[\"GRS 1980\",6378137,298.257222101,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"7019\"]],AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"6269\"]],PRIMEM[\"Greenwich\",0,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"8901\"]],UNIT[\"degree\",0.0174532925199433,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"9122\"]],AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"4269\"]],PROJECTION[\"Lambert_Conformal_Conic_2SP\"],PARAMETER[\"latitude_of_origin\",44.25],PARAMETER[\"central_meridian\",-109.5],PARAMETER[\"standard_parallel_1\",49],PARAMETER[\"standard_parallel_2\",45],PARAMETER[\"false_easting\",600000],PARAMETER[\"false_northing\",0],UNIT[\"metre\",1,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"9001\"]],AXIS[\"Easting\",EAST],AXIS[\"Northing\",NORTH],AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"32100\"]]"
lyr$bbox()
#> [1] 469685.73 -12917.76 573531.72  96577.34

## layer capabilities
lyr$testCapability()
#> $RandomRead
#> [1] TRUE
#> 
#> $SequentialWrite
#> [1] FALSE
#> 
#> $RandomWrite
#> [1] FALSE
#> 
#> $FastSpatialFilter
#> [1] TRUE
#> 
#> $FastFeatureCount
#> [1] TRUE
#> 
#> $FastGetExtent
#> [1] TRUE
#> 
#> $FastSetNextByIndex
#> [1] FALSE
#> 
#> $CreateField
#> [1] FALSE
#> 
#> $CreateGeomField
#> [1] FALSE
#> 
#> $DeleteField
#> [1] FALSE
#> 
#> $ReorderFields
#> [1] FALSE
#> 
#> $AlterFieldDefn
#> [1] FALSE
#> 
#> $IgnoreFields
#> [1] TRUE
#> 
#> $DeleteFeature
#> [1] FALSE
#> 
#> $StringsAsUTF8
#> [1] TRUE
#> 
#> $CurveGeometries
#> [1] TRUE
#> 

## re-open with write access
lyr$open(read_only = FALSE)
lyr$testCapability()$SequentialWrite
#> [1] TRUE
lyr$testCapability()$RandomWrite
#> [1] TRUE

## feature class definition - a list of field names and their definitions
defn <- lyr$getLayerDefn()
names(defn)
#>  [1] "event_id"     "incid_name"   "incid_type"   "map_id"       "burn_bnd_ac" 
#>  [6] "burn_bnd_lat" "burn_bnd_lon" "ig_date"      "ig_year"      "geom"        
str(defn)
#> List of 10
#>  $ event_id    :List of 8
#>   ..$ type       : chr "OFTString"
#>   ..$ subtype    : chr "OFSTNone"
#>   ..$ width      : int 254
#>   ..$ precision  : int 0
#>   ..$ is_nullable: logi TRUE
#>   ..$ is_unique  : logi FALSE
#>   ..$ default    : chr ""
#>   ..$ is_geom    : logi FALSE
#>  $ incid_name  :List of 8
#>   ..$ type       : chr "OFTString"
#>   ..$ subtype    : chr "OFSTNone"
#>   ..$ width      : int 254
#>   ..$ precision  : int 0
#>   ..$ is_nullable: logi TRUE
#>   ..$ is_unique  : logi FALSE
#>   ..$ default    : chr ""
#>   ..$ is_geom    : logi FALSE
#>  $ incid_type  :List of 8
#>   ..$ type       : chr "OFTString"
#>   ..$ subtype    : chr "OFSTNone"
#>   ..$ width      : int 254
#>   ..$ precision  : int 0
#>   ..$ is_nullable: logi TRUE
#>   ..$ is_unique  : logi FALSE
#>   ..$ default    : chr ""
#>   ..$ is_geom    : logi FALSE
#>  $ map_id      :List of 8
#>   ..$ type       : chr "OFTInteger64"
#>   ..$ subtype    : chr "OFSTNone"
#>   ..$ width      : int 0
#>   ..$ precision  : int 0
#>   ..$ is_nullable: logi TRUE
#>   ..$ is_unique  : logi FALSE
#>   ..$ default    : chr ""
#>   ..$ is_geom    : logi FALSE
#>  $ burn_bnd_ac :List of 8
#>   ..$ type       : chr "OFTInteger64"
#>   ..$ subtype    : chr "OFSTNone"
#>   ..$ width      : int 0
#>   ..$ precision  : int 0
#>   ..$ is_nullable: logi TRUE
#>   ..$ is_unique  : logi FALSE
#>   ..$ default    : chr ""
#>   ..$ is_geom    : logi FALSE
#>  $ burn_bnd_lat:List of 8
#>   ..$ type       : chr "OFTString"
#>   ..$ subtype    : chr "OFSTNone"
#>   ..$ width      : int 10
#>   ..$ precision  : int 0
#>   ..$ is_nullable: logi TRUE
#>   ..$ is_unique  : logi FALSE
#>   ..$ default    : chr ""
#>   ..$ is_geom    : logi FALSE
#>  $ burn_bnd_lon:List of 8
#>   ..$ type       : chr "OFTString"
#>   ..$ subtype    : chr "OFSTNone"
#>   ..$ width      : int 10
#>   ..$ precision  : int 0
#>   ..$ is_nullable: logi TRUE
#>   ..$ is_unique  : logi FALSE
#>   ..$ default    : chr ""
#>   ..$ is_geom    : logi FALSE
#>  $ ig_date     :List of 8
#>   ..$ type       : chr "OFTDate"
#>   ..$ subtype    : chr "OFSTNone"
#>   ..$ width      : int 0
#>   ..$ precision  : int 0
#>   ..$ is_nullable: logi TRUE
#>   ..$ is_unique  : logi FALSE
#>   ..$ default    : chr ""
#>   ..$ is_geom    : logi FALSE
#>  $ ig_year     :List of 8
#>   ..$ type       : chr "OFTInteger"
#>   ..$ subtype    : chr "OFSTNone"
#>   ..$ width      : int 0
#>   ..$ precision  : int 0
#>   ..$ is_nullable: logi TRUE
#>   ..$ is_unique  : logi FALSE
#>   ..$ default    : chr ""
#>   ..$ is_geom    : logi FALSE
#>  $ geom        :List of 4
#>   ..$ type       : chr "MULTIPOLYGON"
#>   ..$ srs        : chr "PROJCS[\"NAD83 / Montana\",GEOGCS[\"NAD83\",DATUM[\"North_American_Datum_1983\",SPHEROID[\"GRS 1980\",6378137,2"| __truncated__
#>   ..$ is_nullable: logi TRUE
#>   ..$ is_geom    : logi TRUE

## default value of the read/write field 'returnGeomAs'
lyr$returnGeomAs
#> [1] "WKB"

lyr$getFeatureCount()
#> [1] 61

## sequential read cursor
feat <- lyr$getNextFeature()
# a list of field names and their values, with class attribute `OGRFeature`
feat
#> OGR feature
#> $FID
#> integer64
#> [1] 1
#> 
#> $event_id
#> [1] WY4413411069519870807
#> 
#> $incid_name
#> [1] POLECAT
#> 
#> $incid_type
#> [1] Wildfire
#> 
#> $map_id
#> integer64
#> [1] 10015934
#> 
#> $burn_bnd_ac
#> integer64
#> [1] 1093
#> 
#> $burn_bnd_lat
#> [1] 44.132
#> 
#> $burn_bnd_lon
#> [1] -110.696
#> 
#> $ig_date
#> [1] 1987-08-07
#> 
#> $ig_year
#> [1] 1987
#> 
#> $geom
#> [1] WKB MULTIPOLYGON: raw 01 06 00 00 ...
#> 

## set an attribute filter
lyr$setAttributeFilter("ig_year = 2020")
lyr$getFeatureCount()
#> [1] 1

feat <- lyr$getNextFeature()
plot(feat)


## NULL when no more features are available
lyr$getNextFeature()
#> NULL

## reset reading to the start
lyr$resetReading()
lyr$getNextFeature()
#> OGR feature
#> $FID
#> integer64
#> [1] 61
#> 
#> $event_id
#> [1] WY4438911082120200822
#> 
#> $incid_name
#> [1] LONE STAR
#> 
#> $incid_type
#> [1] Wildfire
#> 
#> $map_id
#> integer64
#> [1] 10020495
#> 
#> $burn_bnd_ac
#> integer64
#> [1] 3348
#> 
#> $burn_bnd_lat
#> [1] 44.4
#> 
#> $burn_bnd_lon
#> [1] -110.782
#> 
#> $ig_date
#> [1] 2020-08-22
#> 
#> $ig_year
#> [1] 2020
#> 
#> $geom
#> [1] WKB MULTIPOLYGON: raw 01 06 00 00 ...
#> 

## clear the attribute filter
lyr$setAttributeFilter("")
lyr$getFeatureCount()
#> [1] 61

## set a spatial filter
## get the bounding box of the largest 1988 fire and use as spatial filter
## first set a temporary attribute filter to do the lookup
lyr$setAttributeFilter("ig_year = 1988 ORDER BY burn_bnd_ac DESC")
feat <- lyr$getNextFeature()
feat
#> OGR feature
#> $FID
#> integer64
#> [1] 7
#> 
#> $event_id
#> [1] WY4470811082119880722
#> 
#> $incid_name
#> [1] NORTH FORK
#> 
#> $incid_type
#> [1] Wildfire
#> 
#> $map_id
#> integer64
#> [1] 10014217
#> 
#> $burn_bnd_ac
#> integer64
#> [1] 563527
#> 
#> $burn_bnd_lat
#> [1] 44.678
#> 
#> $burn_bnd_lon
#> [1] -110.716
#> 
#> $ig_date
#> [1] 1988-07-22
#> 
#> $ig_year
#> [1] 1988
#> 
#> $geom
#> [1] WKB MULTIPOLYGON: raw 01 06 00 00 ...
#> 

bbox <- g_wk2wk(feat$geom) |> bbox_from_wkt()

## set spatial filter on the full layer
lyr$setAttributeFilter("")  # clears
lyr$setSpatialFilterRect(bbox)
lyr$getFeatureCount()
#> [1] 40

## fetch in chunks and return as data frame (class `OGRFeatureSet`)
feat_set <- lyr$fetch(20)
head(feat_set)
#> OGR feature set
#>   FID              event_id               incid_name        incid_type   map_id
#> 1  38 MT4471311115120070627              MADISON ARM          Wildfire    16113
#> 2   7 WY4470811082119880722               NORTH FORK          Wildfire 10014217
#> 3  32 MT4491211108020030820                 RATHBONE          Wildfire    13014
#> 4  25 WY4433011103020000816 SPRUCE COMPLEX (PLATEAU)          Wildfire 10014141
#> 5   6 WY4499211096519880625                      FAN Wildland Fire Use 10014215
#> 6  40 MT4502711102920070720                      OWL          Wildfire    16428
#>   burn_bnd_ac burn_bnd_lat burn_bnd_lon    ig_date ig_year
#> 1        3564       44.713     -111.151 2007-06-27    2007
#> 2      563527       44.678     -110.716 1988-07-22    1988
#> 3        2701       44.912     -111.080 2003-08-20    2003
#> 4        2808       44.329     -111.027 2000-08-16    2000
#> 5       20422       44.994     -110.976 1988-06-25    1988
#> 6        2175       45.027     -111.029 2007-07-20    2007
#>                                    geom
#> 1 WKB MULTIPOLYGON: raw 01 06 00 00 ...
#> 2 WKB MULTIPOLYGON: raw 01 06 00 00 ...
#> 3 WKB MULTIPOLYGON: raw 01 06 00 00 ...
#> 4 WKB MULTIPOLYGON: raw 01 06 00 00 ...
#> 5 WKB MULTIPOLYGON: raw 01 06 00 00 ...
#> 6 WKB MULTIPOLYGON: raw 01 06 00 00 ...
plot(feat_set)


## the next chunk
feat_set <- lyr$fetch(20)
nrow(feat_set)
#> [1] 20

## no features remaining
feat_set <- lyr$fetch(20)
nrow(feat_set)
#> [1] 0
str(feat_set)  # 0-row data frame with columns typed
#> Classes ‘OGRFeatureSet’ and 'data.frame':	0 obs. of  11 variables:
#>  $ FID         :integer64  
#>  $ event_id    : chr 
#>  $ incid_name  : chr 
#>  $ incid_type  : chr 
#>  $ map_id      :integer64  
#>  $ burn_bnd_ac :integer64  
#>  $ burn_bnd_lat: chr 
#>  $ burn_bnd_lon: chr 
#>  $ ig_date     : 'Date' num(0) 
#>  $ ig_year     : int 
#>  $ geom        : list()
#>  - attr(*, "gis")=List of 5
#>   ..$ type         : chr "vector"
#>   ..$ geom_column  : chr "geom"
#>   ..$ geom_col_type: chr "MULTIPOLYGON"
#>   ..$ geom_col_srs : chr "PROJCS[\"NAD83 / Montana\",GEOGCS[\"NAD83\",DATUM[\"North_American_Datum_1983\",SPHEROID[\"GRS 1980\",6378137,2"| __truncated__
#>   ..$ geom_format  : chr "WKB"

## fetch all pending features
feat_set <- lyr$fetch(-1)  # resets reading to the first feature
nrow(feat_set)
#> [1] 40
plot(feat_set)


lyr$clearSpatialFilter()
lyr$getFeatureCount()
#> [1] 61

lyr$close()

## simple example for feature write methods showing use of various data types
## create and write to a new layer in a GeoPackage data source
dsn2 <- tempfile(fileext = ".gpkg")

## define a feature class
defn <- ogr_def_layer("POINT", srs = epsg_to_wkt(4326))

## add field definitions
defn$unique_int <- ogr_def_field("OFTInteger", is_nullable = FALSE,
                                 is_unique = TRUE)
defn$bool_data <- ogr_def_field("OFTInteger", fld_subtype = "OFSTBoolean")
defn$large_ints <- ogr_def_field("OFTInteger64")
defn$doubles <- ogr_def_field("OFTReal")
defn$strings <- ogr_def_field("OFTString", fld_width = 50)
defn$dates <- ogr_def_field("OFTDate")
defn$dt_modified <- ogr_def_field("OFTDateTime",
                                  default_value = "CURRENT_TIMESTAMP")
defn$blobs <- ogr_def_field("OFTBinary")

ogr_ds_create("GPKG", dsn2, "test_layer", layer_defn = defn)
#> [1] TRUE

lyr <- new(GDALVector, dsn2, "test_layer", read_only = FALSE)
# lyr$getLayerDefn() |> str()

## define a feature to write
feat1 <- list()
## $FID is omitted since it is assigned when written (could also be NA)
## $dt_modified is omitted since the datasource sets a default timestamp
feat1$unique_int <- 1001
feat1$bool_data <- TRUE
## passing a string to as.integer64()
## this value is too large to be represented exactly as R numeric (double)
feat1$large_ints <- bit64::as.integer64("90071992547409910")
feat1$doubles <- 1.234
feat1$strings <- "A test string"
feat1$dates <- as.Date("2024-01-01")
feat1$blobs <- charToRaw("A binary object")
feat1$geom <- "POINT (1 1)"  # can be a WKT string or raw vector of WKB

## create as a new feature in the layer
lyr$createFeature(feat1)
#> [1] TRUE

## the assigned FID
lyr$getLastWriteFID()
#> integer64
#> [1] 1

## this fails due to the unique constraint
lyr$createFeature(feat1)
#> [1] FALSE

feat2 <- list()
feat2$unique_int <- 1002
feat2$bool_data <- FALSE
feat2$large_ints <- bit64::as.integer64("90071992547409920")
feat2$doubles <- 2.345
feat2$strings <- "A test string 2"
feat2$dates <- as.Date("2024-01-02")
feat2$blobs <- charToRaw("A binary object 2")
feat2$geom <- "POINT (2 2)"

lyr$createFeature(feat2)
#> [1] TRUE
lyr$getLastWriteFID()
#> integer64
#> [1] 2

## close and re-open as a read-only layer
lyr$open(read_only = TRUE)

lyr$getFeatureCount()
#> [1] 2
feat_set <- lyr$fetch(-1)  # -1 for all features reading from start
str(feat_set)
#> Classes ‘OGRFeatureSet’ and 'data.frame':	2 obs. of  10 variables:
#>  $ FID        :integer64 1 2 
#>  $ unique_int : int  1001 1002
#>  $ bool_data  : logi  TRUE FALSE
#>  $ large_ints :integer64 90071992547409910 90071992547409920 
#>  $ doubles    : num  1.23 2.35
#>  $ strings    : chr  "A test string" "A test string 2"
#>  $ dates      : Date, format: "2024-01-01" "2024-01-02"
#>  $ dt_modified: POSIXct, format: "2024-11-08 00:30:31" "2024-11-08 00:30:31"
#>  $ blobs      :List of 2
#>   ..$ : raw  41 20 62 69 ...
#>   ..$ : raw  41 20 62 69 ...
#>  $ geom       :List of 2
#>   ..$ : raw  01 01 00 00 ...
#>   ..$ : raw  01 01 00 00 ...
#>  - attr(*, "gis")=List of 5
#>   ..$ type         : chr "vector"
#>   ..$ geom_column  : chr "geom"
#>   ..$ geom_col_type: chr "POINT"
#>   ..$ geom_col_srs : chr "GEOGCS[\"WGS 84\",DATUM[\"WGS_1984\",SPHEROID[\"WGS 84\",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"7030\"]],AU"| __truncated__
#>   ..$ geom_format  : chr "WKB"

## edit an existing feature, e.g., feat <- lyr$getFeature(2)
## here we copy a row of the data frame returned by lyr$fetch() above
feat <- feat_set[2,]
str(feat)
#> Classes ‘OGRFeatureSet’ and 'data.frame':	1 obs. of  10 variables:
#>  $ FID        :integer64 2 
#>  $ unique_int : int 1002
#>  $ bool_data  : logi FALSE
#>  $ large_ints :integer64 90071992547409920 
#>  $ doubles    : num 2.35
#>  $ strings    : chr "A test string 2"
#>  $ dates      : Date, format: "2024-01-02"
#>  $ dt_modified: POSIXct, format: "2024-11-08 00:30:31"
#>  $ blobs      :List of 1
#>   ..$ : raw  41 20 62 69 ...
#>  $ geom       :List of 1
#>   ..$ : raw  01 01 00 00 ...
#>  - attr(*, "gis")=List of 5
#>   ..$ type         : chr "vector"
#>   ..$ geom_column  : chr "geom"
#>   ..$ geom_col_type: chr "POINT"
#>   ..$ geom_col_srs : chr "GEOGCS[\"WGS 84\",DATUM[\"WGS_1984\",SPHEROID[\"WGS 84\",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"7030\"]],AU"| __truncated__
#>   ..$ geom_format  : chr "WKB"

Sys.sleep(1)  # only to ensure a timestamp difference

feat$bool_data <- TRUE
feat$strings <- paste(feat$strings, "- edited")
feat$dt_modified <- Sys.time()
feat$geom <- "POINT (2.001 2.001)"

lyr$open(read_only = FALSE)

## lyr$setFeature() re-writes the feature identified by the $FID element
## N.B., all fields are re-written:
##   any fields omitted from the input feature, or set to NA, will be
##   re-written as OGR NULL
lyr$setFeature(feat)
#> [1] TRUE

lyr$open(read_only = TRUE)
lyr$getFeatureCount()
#> [1] 2

lyr$returnGeomAs <- "WKT"
feat_set <- lyr$fetch(-1)
str(feat_set)
#> Classes ‘OGRFeatureSet’ and 'data.frame':	2 obs. of  10 variables:
#>  $ FID        :integer64 1 2 
#>  $ unique_int : int  1001 1002
#>  $ bool_data  : logi  TRUE TRUE
#>  $ large_ints :integer64 90071992547409910 90071992547409920 
#>  $ doubles    : num  1.23 2.35
#>  $ strings    : chr  "A test string" "A test string 2 - edited"
#>  $ dates      : Date, format: "2024-01-01" "2024-01-02"
#>  $ dt_modified: POSIXct, format: "2024-11-08 00:30:31" "2024-11-08 00:30:32"
#>  $ blobs      :List of 2
#>   ..$ : raw  41 20 62 69 ...
#>   ..$ : raw  41 20 62 69 ...
#>  $ geom       : chr  "POINT (1 1)" "POINT (2.001 2.001)"
#>  - attr(*, "gis")=List of 5
#>   ..$ type         : chr "vector"
#>   ..$ geom_column  : chr "geom"
#>   ..$ geom_col_type: chr "POINT"
#>   ..$ geom_col_srs : chr "GEOGCS[\"WGS 84\",DATUM[\"WGS_1984\",SPHEROID[\"WGS 84\",6378137,298.257223563,AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"7030\"]],AU"| __truncated__
#>   ..$ geom_format  : chr "WKT"

lyr$close()