The R package ags helps to construct time series of statistics for Germany’s municipalities (Gemeinden) and districts (Kreise) using crosswalks provided by the Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung (BBSR). The same crosswalks are used to assemble the INKAR database which can be accessed using the package bonn.

Installation

You can install the package directly from Github using:

remotes::install_github("sumtxt/ags", force=TRUE)

Usage

The Getting Started vignette provides details on how to use this package.

Complementary Packages

  • The R package wiesbaden github.com/sumtxt/wiesbaden provides functions to retrieve data from the databases maintained by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany (DESTATIS) in Wiesbaden.

  • The R package bonn github.com/sumtxt/bonn provides functions to retrieve data from the INKAR database maintained by the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBSR) in Bonn.