Getting Started

This package has multiple use cases, though they all revolve around data from the Danish Web Address API. If the below examples are not enough, please do read through the other vignettes. First we need to load the package.

library(dawaR)
#> ## {dawaR} provides data from the Danish Agency of Climate Data
#> ## Terms and conditions apply.
#> ## Read more at: https://dawadocs.dataforsyningen.dk/dok/om#vilkaar

Getting regional data for Denmark

To get a dataframe of all the regions in Denmark, you can use the get_data() function.

get_data("regioner")
#>   dagi_id kode               navn nuts2                   ændret
#> 1  389098 1081 Region Nordjylland  DK05 2024-10-04T21:02:54.978Z
#> 2  389101 1082 Region Midtjylland  DK04 2025-02-04T22:02:46.244Z
#> 3  389102 1083  Region Syddanmark  DK03 2025-01-01T22:02:15.652Z
#> 4  389099 1084 Region Hovedstaden  DK01 2024-10-04T21:02:54.978Z
#> 5  389100 1085    Region Sjælland  DK02 2024-10-22T21:04:04.354Z
#>                 geo_ændret geo_version bbox_xmin bbox_ymin bbox_xmax bbox_ymax
#> 1 2024-10-04T21:02:54.978Z          32  8.189517  56.53455  11.22599  57.76025
#> 2 2025-02-04T22:02:46.244Z          45  8.078876  55.64438  11.66419  56.84326
#> 3 2025-01-01T22:02:15.652Z          33  8.063203  54.71828  10.99555  55.95325
#> 4 2024-10-04T21:02:54.978Z          31 11.602116  54.98355  15.31831  56.20520
#> 5 2024-10-22T21:04:04.354Z          29 10.814805  54.54441  12.64552  56.01731
#>   visueltcenter_x visueltcenter_y
#> 1       10.112829        57.30716
#> 2        9.605032        56.23399
#> 3        9.028461        55.56317
#> 4       12.279374        55.97239
#> 5       11.621319        55.43979

This will return data on each of the five regions.

Using DAWA to crosstab municipalities and their regions.

The function get_data() fetches the data in json format and by default transforms it to a data.frame.

library(dawaR)
library(dplyr)

municipalities <- get_data("kommuner")

nordjylland <- municipalities |>
  filter(regionsnavn == "Region Nordjylland") |>
  pull(navn)
nordjylland
#>  [1] "Morsø"           "Thisted"         "Brønderslev"     "Frederikshavn"  
#>  [5] "Vesthimmerlands" "Læsø"            "Rebild"          "Mariagerfjord"  
#>  [9] "Jammerbugt"      "Aalborg"         "Hjørring"

Here we have extracted all the municipalities that are in “Region Nordjylland”. The same can be done for voting precincts or police regions. It can also be done for addresses and others. Look through the available sections with available_sections().

Using DAWA map data

The function get_map_data() fetches data in geojson format and transforms the geometries to {sf} polygons. These polygons can be drawn as nice maps with {ggplot2}.

library(dawaR)
library(ggplot2)

municipalities <- get_map_data("kommuner")
ggplot(municipalities, aes(fill = regionsnavn)) +
  geom_sf(color = "black") +
  labs(fill = "Region") +
  cowplot::theme_map()

For more information on how to plot maps with {dawaR} please consult vignette("printing_maps").