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How to create a Shapefile with the Percentage of Polish Americans from the US Census Bureau 🗺
Often you may want to make maps of Census Data. While you can certainly make good maps using ggplot in R, often using full GIS software like QGIS or ArcMap might be a better option. It is very easy to create shapefiles to use in your favorite GIS application using tidycensus. Changing the resolution setting can help if you are exporting to PDF or SVG from your GIS program to reduce file sizes.
library(tidycensus) # you will need a free Census API, see tidycensus docs library(sf) # required for export
# Use this to find Census variables in RStudio. Browse and search the table for # desired variables. # load_variables(2020, “acs5”, cache = TRUE) %>% View()
# Get data. By setting geometry = TRUE, pol <- get_acs( geography = “county subdivision”, variables = c(“B04006_061”, “B04006_001”), survey = “acs5”, state = “ny”, year = 2020, output = ‘wide’, resolution = ‘500k’, geometry = T, )
# use .gpkg extension for a geopackage, .kml for a KML file # saves by default in your RStudio directory but change path to where you want pol %>% write_sf(‘Polish_Americans.shp’)
Sun today and then cold rain later in evening into tomorrow. 🌦
It’s like we get everything this week, although maybe not the snow of the higher elevations. Windows are open today, to dry out my clothes, but I will need to close them by evening. Still mild enough locally I don’t think it will screw up the green up much. I was noticing last night walking at 8 PM that there was still some daylight out, which was nice.
Today. Feels like … April 15th.
Increasing clouds.
Light and variable wind becoming southeast 9 to 14 mph in the morning.
and
59 degrees
,
7:42 sunset.
Tonight. Feels like … April 9th.
Rain before 4am, then rain and snow. Low around 34. Southeast wind 9 to 13 mph becoming northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
and
34 degrees
,
6:05 sunrise.
Tuesday. Feels like … March 24th.
Snow, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all rain after 7am. High near 48. West wind 10 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
and
48 degrees
,
7:43 sunset.
Tuesday Night. Feels like … April 19th.
A chance of showers, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy.
West wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
I have today off and could have stayed in bed 🛏 but I was up and going and decided to head into the office. 🏢 I figured that way it would be easier to get my steps in and it’s not a real nice day.
Sunny and 34 degrees at the Elm Ave Park and Ride. 🌞 Calm wind.
Maybe I should have taken today off, it’s a nice morning 😎 but I don’t know how long the sun will last. And I would rather use the day off some point in the future for a real long-weekend in the Adirondacks. While I can’t head out of town next week due to that family obligation, I am really hoping to take off April 29th, although that might be difficult depending on the work load. It might be a very busy time around the office.
Last night I walked up Blodgett Hill, 🚶♀️ which was legally closed due to the trail being used for logging equipment, 🌲 but I figured it didn’t matter as nobody would be logging at 7 PM on Easter Sunday. Saw a Great Blue Heron up there and a Hermit Thrush I think in the bush and a Robin. Looks like they are doing some clearing of White Pine near the Pitch Pine and on the more densely part on the other side of the hill.
Always a nice hike, good vigorous climb 💪 to the top but not that difficult with the road they built to allow for controlled burns. Maybe more views when they get done with the cut on the other side, did not fully explore it over there as I figured it would be a mess with the recent tree cutting, and time was a bit tight with the setting sun. 🌆
