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Check if WKT definition is a geographic coordinate system

Source: R/RcppExports.R
srs_is_geographic.Rd

srs_is_geographic() will attempt to import the given WKT string as a spatial reference system, and returns TRUE if the root is a GEOGCS node. This is a wrapper for OSRIsGeographic() in the GDAL Spatial Reference System C API.

Usage

srs_is_geographic(srs)

Arguments

srs

Character OGC WKT string for a spatial reference system

Value

Logical. TRUE if srs is geographic, otherwise FALSE

See also

srs_is_projected(), srs_is_same()

Examples

srs_is_geographic(epsg_to_wkt(5070))
#> [1] FALSE
srs_is_geographic(srs_to_wkt("WGS84"))
#> [1] TRUE