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Normalize the type argument for Natural Earth datasets

Source: R/ne_file_name.R
normalize_type.Rd

This function standardizes the `type` argument by mapping common names to their respective Natural Earth dataset names.

Usage

normalize_type(type)

Arguments

type

type of natural earth file to download one of 'countries', 'map_units', 'map_subunits', 'sovereignty', 'states' OR the portion of any natural earth vector url after the scale and before the . e.g. for 'ne_50m_urban_areas.zip' this would be 'urban_areas' OR the raster filename e.g. for 'MSR_50M.zip' this would be 'MSR_50M'

Value

A string representing the normalized dataset type.