wikilake

The wikilake package provides functions to scrape the metadata tables from lake pages on Wikipedia.

Installation

Stable release from CRAN

install.packages("wikilake")

Development version

devtools::install_github("jsta/wikilake")

Usage

library(wikilake)
#> Loading required package: maps

# metadata only
lake_wiki("Lake Mendota")
#> Retrieving data from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mendota
#>           Name                             Location Primary inflows
#> 1 Lake Mendota Dane County, Wisconsin,United States    Yahara River
#>   Primary outflows      Catchment area Basin countries
#> 1     Yahara River 562 km2 (217 sq mi)   United States
#>                           Surface area Max. depth Residence time
#> 1 9,740 acres (3,940 ha) (39.4 sq. km)         25      4.5 years
#>       Shore length1 Surface elevation                              Frozen
#> 1 21.6 mi (34.8 km)    259 m (850 ft) December 20 (average freezing date)
#>       Lat      Lon
#> 1 43.1066 -89.4247

# metadata + map
lake_wiki("Gull Lake (Michigan)", map = TRUE)
#> Retrieving data from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gull_Lake_(Michigan)

#>        Name                                            Location
#> 1 Gull Lake Kalamazoo / Barry counties, Michigan, United States
#>   Primary outflows Basin countries        Surface area Max. depth
#> 1   Gull Creek [1]   United States 2,030 acres (8 km2)         34
#>     Surface elevation    Lat     Lon
#> 1 879 feet (268 m)[2] 42.399 -85.411

lake_wiki("Gull Lake (Michigan)", map = TRUE, "usa")
#> Retrieving data from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gull_Lake_(Michigan)

#>        Name                                            Location
#> 1 Gull Lake Kalamazoo / Barry counties, Michigan, United States
#>   Primary outflows Basin countries        Surface area Max. depth
#> 1   Gull Creek [1]   United States 2,030 acres (8 km2)         34
#>     Surface elevation    Lat     Lon
#> 1 879 feet (268 m)[2] 42.399 -85.411

lake_wiki("Lake Nipigon", map = TRUE, regions = "Canada")
#> Retrieving data from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nipigon

#>           Name Location Primary outflows              Catchment area
#> 1 Lake Nipigon  Ontario    Nipigon River 25,400 km2 (9,800 sq mi)[1]
#>   Basin countries            Surface area Average depth Max. depth
#> 1          Canada 4,848 km2 (1,872 sq mi)          54.9        165
#>                              Water volume        Shore length1
#> 1 248 km3 (59 cu mi; 201*10^6 acre·ft)[2] 1,044 km (649 mi)[2]
#>   Surface elevation   Lat   Lon
#> 1    260 m (850 ft) 49.83 -88.5

lake_wiki("Cass Lake (Michigan)", map = TRUE, "state", region = "Michigan")
#> Retrieving data from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cass_Lake_(Michigan)

#>        Name                 Location Basin countries         Surface area
#> 1 Cass Lake Oakland County, Michigan   United States 1,280 acres (520 ha)
#>   Max. depth   Surface elevation    Lat     Lon
#> 1         37 928 feet (283 m)[1] 42.606 -83.365