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A dataset containing the names and coordinates of BIXI bicycle sharing stations in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

Usage

bixi_locations

Format

A data frame with 618 rows and 4 variables:

id

Unique station ID (character, e.g., "4000", "MTL-ECO5.1-01")

name

Station name (character, e.g., "Jeanne-d'Arc / Ontario")

lat

Latitude coordinate (numeric)

lon

Longitude coordinate (numeric)

Source

BIXI Montréal Open Data (https://bixi.com/fr/donnees-ouvertes). Prepared for https://github.com/FlowmapBlue/FlowmapBlue by Ilya Boyandin (https://github.com/ilyabo). Data © BIXI Montréal, released under the BIXI Montréal Open Data license (https://bixi.com/fr/donnees-ouvertes).

See also

Examples

# Convert to sf object to view on a map
if (requireNamespace("sf", quietly = TRUE)) {
  bixi_sf <- sf::st_as_sf(bixi_locations, coords = c("lon", "lat"), crs = 4326)
  print(head(bixi_sf))
}
#> Simple feature collection with 6 features and 2 fields
#> Geometry type: POINT
#> Dimension:     XY
#> Bounding box:  xmin: -73.64048 ymin: 45.47823 xmax: -73.51526 ymax: 45.5496
#> Geodetic CRS:  WGS 84
#>      id                                   name                   geometry
#> 1 10002 Métro Charlevoix (Centre / Charlevoix) POINT (-73.56965 45.47823)
#> 2  4000                 Jeanne-d'Arc / Ontario  POINT (-73.54187 45.5496)
#> 3  4001                    Graham / Brookfield POINT (-73.62978 45.52007)
#> 4  4002                     Graham / Wicksteed POINT (-73.64048 45.51694)
#> 5  5002               St-Charles / Montarville POINT (-73.51526 45.53368)
#> 6  5003                        Place Longueuil POINT (-73.51717 45.52841)