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\name{ne_load}
\alias{ne_load}
\title{load a Natural Earth vector that has already been downloaded to R using
\code{\link{ne_download}}}
\usage{
ne_load(
  scale = 110,
  type = "countries",
  category = c("cultural", "physical", "raster"),
  destdir = tempdir(),
  file_name = NULL,
  returnclass = c("sf", "sv")
)
}
\arguments{
\item{scale}{The scale of map to return, one of `110`, `50`, `10` or `small`,
`medium`, `large`.}

\item{type}{type of natural earth file 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'}

\item{category}{one of natural earth categories : 'cultural', 'physical',
'raster'}

\item{destdir}{folder to load files from, default=tempdir()}

\item{file_name}{OPTIONAL name of file (excluding path) instead of natural
earth attributes}

\item{returnclass}{A string determining the spatial object to return. Either
"sf" for for simple feature (from `sf`, the default) or "sv" for a
`SpatVector` (from `terra`).}
}
\value{
An object of class `sf` for simple feature (from `sf`, the default)
or `SpatVector` (from `terra`).
}
\description{
returns loaded data as a spatial object.
}
\details{
Note that the filename of the requested object will be returned if
`load = FALSE`.
}
\examples{
\dontrun{
# download followed by load from tempdir() works in same R session
spdf_world <- ne_download(scale = 110, type = "countries")
spdf_world2 <- ne_load(scale = 110, type = "countries")

# download followed by load from specified directory works between R sessions
spdf_world <- ne_download(scale = 110, type = "countries", destdir = getwd())
spdf_world2 <- ne_load(scale = 110, type = "countries", destdir = getwd())

# for raster download & load
rst <- ne_download(scale = 50, type = "OB_50M", category = "raster", destdir = getwd())

# load after having downloaded
rst <- ne_load(scale = 50, type = "OB_50M", category = "raster", destdir = getwd())

# plot
library(terra)
plot(rst)
# end dontrun
}

}
\seealso{
\code{\link{ne_download}}
}
