Resolves geographic coordinates (provided as latitude and longitude) to Data Commons DCIDs using the geoCoordinate property.

dc_get_dcid_by_coordinates(
  latitude,
  longitude,
  api_key = Sys.getenv("DATACOMMONS_API_KEY"),
  base_url = Sys.getenv("DATACOMMONS_BASE_URL", unset =
    "https://api.datacommons.org/v2/"),
  return_type = "json"
)

Arguments

latitude

A numeric vector of latitude values.

longitude

A numeric vector of longitude values.

api_key

Your Data Commons API key. If not provided, uses the environment variable DATACOMMONS_API_KEY.

base_url

The base URL of the Data Commons API. Defaults to the public endpoint. For custom deployments, must end with /core/api/v2/.

return_type

Return format: either "list" (parsed R object) or "json" (JSON string).

Value

A list or JSON string, depending on return_type.

Examples

# Get the DCID for a coordinate
dc_get_dcid_by_coordinates(37.42, -122.08)
#> [1] "{\"entities\":[{\"node\":\"37.42#-122.08\",\"candidates\":[{\"dcid\":\"geoId/0649670\",\"dominantType\":\"City\"},{\"dcid\":\"geoId/06085\",\"dominantType\":\"County\"},{\"dcid\":\"geoId/06\",\"dominantType\":\"State\"},{\"dcid\":\"country/USA\",\"dominantType\":\"Country\"},{\"dcid\":\"geoId/06085504601\",\"dominantType\":\"CensusTract\"},{\"dcid\":\"geoId/060855046011\",\"dominantType\":\"CensusBlockGroup\"},{\"dcid\":\"geoId/0608592830\",\"dominantType\":\"CensusCountyDivision\"},{\"dcid\":\"geoId/0618\",\"dominantType\":\"CongressionalDistrict\"},{\"dcid\":\"geoId/sch0626280\",\"dominantType\":\"SchoolDistrict\"},{\"dcid\":\"ipcc_50/37.25_-122.25_USA\",\"dominantType\":\"IPCCPlace_50\"},{\"dcid\":\"zip/94043\",\"dominantType\":\"CensusZipCodeTabulationArea\"}]}]}"

# Batch query for multiple coordinates
dc_get_dcid_by_coordinates(c(34.05, 40.71), c(-118.25, -74.01))
#> iterating ■■■                                5% | ETA: 37s
#> [1] "{\"entities\":[{\"node\":\"34.05#-118.25\",\"candidates\":[{\"dcid\":\"geoId/0644000\",\"dominantType\":\"City\"},{\"dcid\":\"geoId/06037\",\"dominantType\":\"County\"},{\"dcid\":\"geoId/06\",\"dominantType\":\"State\"},{\"dcid\":\"country/USA\",\"dominantType\":\"Country\"},{\"dcid\":\"geoId/06037207301\",\"dominantType\":\"CensusTract\"},{\"dcid\":\"geoId/060372073012\",\"dominantType\":\"CensusBlockGroup\"},{\"dcid\":\"geoId/0603791750\",\"dominantType\":\"CensusCountyDivision\"},{\"dcid\":\"geoId/0634\",\"dominantType\":\"CongressionalDistrict\"},{\"dcid\":\"geoId/sch0622710\",\"dominantType\":\"SchoolDistrict\"},{\"dcid\":\"ipcc_50/34.25_-118.25_USA\",\"dominantType\":\"IPCCPlace_50\"},{\"dcid\":\"zip/90013\",\"dominantType\":\"CensusZipCodeTabulationArea\"}]},{\"node\":\"40.71#-74.01\",\"candidates\":[{\"dcid\":\"geoId/3651000\",\"dominantType\":\"City\"},{\"dcid\":\"geoId/36061\",\"dominantType\":\"County\"},{\"dcid\":\"geoId/36\",\"dominantType\":\"State\"},{\"dcid\":\"country/USA\",\"dominantType\":\"Country\"},{\"dcid\":\"geoId/36061001300\",\"dominantType\":\"CensusTract\"},{\"dcid\":\"geoId/360610013001\",\"dominantType\":\"CensusBlockGroup\"},{\"dcid\":\"geoId/3606144919\",\"dominantType\":\"CensusCountyDivision\"},{\"dcid\":\"geoId/3610\",\"dominantType\":\"CongressionalDistrict\"},{\"dcid\":\"geoId/sch3620580\",\"dominantType\":\"SchoolDistrict\"},{\"dcid\":\"ipcc_50/40.75_-74.25_USA\",\"dominantType\":\"IPCCPlace_50\"},{\"dcid\":\"zip/10006\",\"dominantType\":\"CensusZipCodeTabulationArea\"}]}]}"