10  Getting data

Here’s a non-exhaustive list of packages you can use to download GIS data.

Package name	Description
maptiles	Download and import background maps from several providers
osmdata	Download and import small OpenStreetMap data sets
osmextract	Download and import large OpenStreetMap data sets
geodata	Download and import imports administrative, elevation, WorldClim data, etc.
rnaturalearth	Access to Natural Earth vector and raster data
elevatr	Import digital elevation models
giscoR	Tools to download data from the GISCO (Geographic Information System of the Commission) Eurostat database
rsi	Download Landsat and Sentinel data and compute spectral indices
modisfast	Download MODIS satellite data
climateR	Download climate, land cover, and soil data (https://mikejohnson51.github.io/climateR)
swissgd	Download data from the Swiss geodata infrastructure (https://github.com/zumbov2/swissgd)