Decompress gzip file

Automatically decompress a gzip file so that it can be read directly by any of the raster import functions (raster, stack, brick). The gzip file is decompressed to a temporary file which is then read (while the original gzip file is kept). This is useful to keep and use directly large, gzip-compressed GIS files. Decompressed files are automatically deleted when cleaning temporary files.

ungzip(filepath)

Arguments

filepath	Path to the gzip file.

Value

Path to the decompressed file (which can then be read by raster functions).

Examples

if (FALSE) {
library(raster)
gisdata <- brick(ungzip("~/GISdata/climate.nc.gz"))
}