wdpar
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The facts
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What it does
- Cleaning features
- Cleaning can exclude unimplemented or limited-value areas, replace missing-data codes, convert point geometries to circles, repair topology, and erase overlaps.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Cleaning function
- The `wdpa_clean()` function cleans WDPA and WDOECM data following described best practices.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Coverage statistics limit
- Users must manually clip cleaned data to a coastline and Exclusive Economic Zone for accurate country coverage statistics.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Data sources
- It can automatically obtain data from the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) and the World Database on Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (WDOECM).checked 5 Oct 2026
- Download function
- The `wdpa_fetch()` function downloads protected-area data.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Installation limits
- Installing `prepr` from source may require platform-specific system libraries and a Chromium-based browser.checked 5 Oct 2026
- License
- The package is distributed under the GPL-3 license.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Optional dependency
- The optional `prepr` package can augment cleaning and may be required for especially extreme geometry issues.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- wdpar is an R package that provides an interface to protected-area data from Protected Planet.checked 5 Oct 2026
- R dependencies
- The package requires the R packages `curl` and `sf`.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project links to GitHub issues for bug reports and provides a contributing guide.checked 5 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- The installation instructions cover Windows, Ubuntu, Linux/Unix-like systems, and macOS.checked 5 Oct 2026
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