Read e-Stat mesh population census data

read_estat_meshpop(file, is_long = FALSE, mesh_size = 0.5)

Arguments

file

Path to downloaded e-Stat text file, such as tblT000847H{meshcode}.txt

is_long

If TRUE, make the population category a single variable and make the values of the counterpart population independent.

mesh_size

Currently, only 0.5 (500m mesh)