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R script package tigris: cannot load shapefiles
I am using R script to make a choropleth map visualization. The actual data is confidential, so I cannot show the entire code, but the error comes when I load the shapefiles using 'tigris' package. P...
Hi Anonymous ,
This problem can arise when Census blocks connections to its website intermittently.
Refer this document , you, or your administrator, may need to update your firewall to allow access to the URLs Bing uses for geocoding. Those URLs are:
You can also refer to the following documentation to try other ways to make a choropleth map visualization :
R Error downloading shapefiles using Tigris · Issue #72 · walkerke/tigris · GitHub
Choropleth map with R – the R Graph Gallery (r-graph-gallery.com)
How to create geographic maps in Power BI using R (sqlshack.com)
Best Regards,
Neeko Tang
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