rtigris

Running tigris package from terminal

I posted this question the other week but it didn't get any response, hope it's okay to post again. Here's some code:

#!/usr/bin/Rscript --vanilla

library(tigris)
shp <- tracts(state = 'New York', county = 'New York')
print(shp)

I can run this code from the console perfectly, but when I try to run it from terminal (osx 10.10.5) I get the empty SpatialPolygons object seen here:

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Is there something I'm doing wrong? This seems like super basic but I can't figure it out - thank you so much for any help.

Solution

  • Thank you for finding the bug! The dev version should work for you (I've tested it locally on Windows) and the updated version has been submitted to CRAN.

    Update: the new version is now on CRAN.