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Convert an sf object to a data.frame

Source: R/sf_as_df.R
sf_as_df.Rd

This function removes the geometry from an sf object, effectively converting it back to a data.frame.

Usage

sf_as_df(sf_obj, keep_coords = FALSE)

Arguments

sf_obj

An object of class sf, typically created by sf::st_as_sf()

keep_coords

A logical value indicating if the coordinates should be kept when dropping the geometry

Value

A data.frame object without the geometry column.

Examples

cities <- data.frame(
  name = c("Nanaimo", "Port Moody", "Prince George"),
  x = c(-124.0531, -122.8519, -122.7949),
  y = c(49.1633, 49.2844, 53.8934)
)
cities_sf <- cities |>
  sf::st_as_sf(coords = c("x", "y"), crs = "WGS84")
sf_as_df(cities_sf)
#>            name
#> 1       Nanaimo
#> 2    Port Moody
#> 3 Prince George
sf_as_df(cities_sf, keep_coords = TRUE)
#>            name         x       y   crs
#> 1       Nanaimo -124.0531 49.1633 WGS84
#> 2    Port Moody -122.8519 49.2844 WGS84
#> 3 Prince George -122.7949 53.8934 WGS84