Package: giscoR 1.1.0

giscoR: Download Map Data from the GISCO API

Tools to download global and European map data from Eurostat's GISCO (Geographic Information System of the Commission) database <https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco>. The package provides helpers for working with country boundaries, NUTS regions, statistical units, transport networks and other geospatial datasets. This package is not officially related to or endorsed by Eurostat.

Authors:Diego Hernangómez [aut, cre, cph], Eurostat [cph], EuroGeographics [cph]

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giscoR/json (API)
NEWS

# Install 'giscoR' in R:
install.packages('giscoR', repos = c('https://dieghernan.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))

Bug tracker:https://github.com/ropengov/giscor/issues

Pkgdown/docs site:https://ropengov.github.io

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On CRAN:

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windows-develOK139
windows-releaseOK133
windows-oldrelOK132
wasm-releaseOK148

Exports:gisco_address_api_bboxgisco_address_api_citiesgisco_address_api_copyrightgisco_address_api_countriesgisco_address_api_housenumbersgisco_address_api_postcodesgisco_address_api_provincesgisco_address_api_reversegisco_address_api_roadsgisco_address_api_searchgisco_addressapi_bboxgisco_addressapi_citiesgisco_addressapi_copyrightgisco_addressapi_countriesgisco_addressapi_housenumbersgisco_addressapi_postcodesgisco_addressapi_provincesgisco_addressapi_reversegisco_addressapi_roadsgisco_addressapi_searchgisco_attributionsgisco_bulk_downloadgisco_check_accessgisco_clear_cachegisco_detect_cache_dirgisco_get_airportsgisco_get_cached_dbgisco_get_censusgisco_get_coastal_linesgisco_get_coastallinesgisco_get_communesgisco_get_countriesgisco_get_educationgisco_get_gridgisco_get_healthcaregisco_get_laugisco_get_metadatagisco_get_nutsgisco_get_portsgisco_get_postal_codesgisco_get_postalcodesgisco_get_unit_countrygisco_get_unit_nutsgisco_get_unit_urban_auditgisco_get_unitsgisco_get_urban_auditgisco_id_api_biogeo_regiongisco_id_api_census_gridgisco_id_api_countrygisco_id_api_geonamesgisco_id_api_laugisco_id_api_nutsgisco_id_api_river_basingisco_set_cache_dir

Dependencies:askpassbriocallrclassclassIntclicountrycodecrayoncurlDBIdescdiffobje1071evaluatefsgluehttr2jsonliteKernSmoothlifecyclemagrittrMASSopensslpillarpkgbuildpkgconfigpkgloadpraiseprocessxproxypsR6rappdirsRcpprlangrprojroots2sfsystestthattibbleunitsutf8vctrswaldowithrwk

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Last update: 2026-05-21
Started: 2026-02-12

Readme and manuals

Help Manual

Help pageTopics
GISCO Address APIgisco_addressapi gisco_addressapi_bbox gisco_addressapi_cities gisco_addressapi_copyright gisco_addressapi_countries gisco_addressapi_housenumbers gisco_addressapi_postcodes gisco_addressapi_provinces gisco_addressapi_reverse gisco_addressapi_roads gisco_addressapi_search gisco_address_api gisco_address_api_bbox gisco_address_api_cities gisco_address_api_copyright gisco_address_api_countries gisco_address_api_housenumbers gisco_address_api_postcodes gisco_address_api_provinces gisco_address_api_reverse gisco_address_api_roads gisco_address_api_search
Attribution for administrative and statistical GISCO datagisco_attributions
GISCO API bulk downloadgisco_bulk_download
Clear your 'giscoR' cache dirgisco_clear_cache
Coastal lines 2016 'sf' objectgisco_coastal_lines
Countries 2024 'sf' objectgisco_countries_2024
Database with different country code schemes and world regionsgisco_countrycode
Cached GISCO databasegisco_db
Airports datasetgisco_get_airports
Retrieve and update the GISCO database in use by 'giscoR'gisco_get_cached_db
Census datasetgisco_get_census
Coastal lines datasetgisco_get_coastallines gisco_get_coastal_lines
Communes datasetgisco_get_communes
Countries datasetgisco_get gisco_get_countries
Education services in Europegisco_get_education
Grid datasetgisco_get_grid
Healthcare services in Europegisco_get_healthcare
Local Administrative Units (LAU) datasetgisco_get_lau
Get metadatagisco_get_metadata
Territorial units for statistics (NUTS) datasetgisco_get_nuts
Ports datasetgisco_get_ports
Postal codes datasetgisco_get_postalcodes gisco_get_postal_codes
GISCO API single downloadgisco_get_unit gisco_get_unit_country gisco_get_unit_nuts gisco_get_unit_urban_audit
Get geospatial units data from GISCO APIgisco_get_units
Urban Audit datasetgisco_get_urban_audit
GISCO ID service APIgisco_id_api gisco_id_api_biogeo_region gisco_id_api_census_grid gisco_id_api_country gisco_id_api_geonames gisco_id_api_lau gisco_id_api_nuts gisco_id_api_river_basin
NUTS 2024 'sf' objectgisco_nuts_2024
Set your 'giscoR' cache dirgisco_detect_cache_dir gisco_set_cache_dir