Motivation
zippeR provides a set of functions for working with ZIP Codes and ZCTAs as well as building spatial and demographic data for three-digit ZCTAs. These three-digit ZCTAs have limitations (they are large regions), but they are also used within American health care to protect patient confidentiality. zippeR therefore offers researchers who must use three-digit ZCTAs the capability to download geometric data and also aggregate demographic data from five-digit ZCTAs to three-digit ZCTAs. In addition, zippeR includes functions for validating and formatting vectors of ZIP Codes or ZCTAs as well as tools for cross-walking ZIP codes with ZCTAs.
Quick Start
The easiest way to get started with zippeR is to install it from CRAN:
install.packages("zippeR")The development version of zippeR can be accessed from GitHub with remotes:
# install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("pfizer-evgen/zippeR")Resources
The zippeR site includes dedicated articles on the following topics: * ZIP Code and ZIP Code Tabulation Area Basics * Converting ZIP Codes to Other Geographies * Demographic and Geometric ZCTA Data * Three-digit ZIP Codes and ZCTAs
Feedback and Code of Conduct
If you have feedback on zippeR, please open an issue on GitHub after checking the contribution guidelines. Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.