Fuzzy join data to boundaries by name — mn_fuzzy_join_by_name • mongolstats

Fuzzy join data to boundaries by name

Usage

mn_fuzzy_join_by_name(
  data,
  name_col,
  level = "ADM1",
  boundaries = NULL,
  max_distance = 2,
  method = c("osa", "lv", "jw", "dl")
)

Arguments

data: Data frame with a name column.
name_col: Column in data containing names.
level: Boundary level.
boundaries: Optional pre-fetched boundaries.
max_distance: Maximum string distance for a match (default 2).
method: Distance method passed to stringdist::stringdist.

Value

sf with best fuzzy matches joined.

Examples

# Join even with minor spelling differences
pop_data <- data.frame(aimag = c("Ulanbatar", "Darhan"), pop = c(1500000, 100000))
sf_joined <- mn_fuzzy_join_by_name(pop_data, "aimag", level = "ADM1")