This dataset, earthquake_station_sf, is a spatial features (sf) tibble containing information about 671 earthquake observation stations managed by the Japan Meteorological Agency. It includes details such as the prefecture, area, station name, address, and observation period.
Usage
data(earthquake_station_sf)Format
An sf object with 671 observations and 7 variables:
- prefecture
Name of the prefecture (character)
- area
Area within the prefecture (character)
- station_name
Name of the observation station (character)
- address
Physical address of the station (character)
- observation_begin
Start date of observation (character)
- observation_end
End date of observation, if available (character)
- geometry
XY coordinates of the station (sf geometry column)
Details
The dataset name has been kept as 'earthquake_station_sf' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the JapanAPIs package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'sf' indicates that the dataset is a spatial features object. The original content has not been modified in any way.