code_02_read_nafot_hebrew.R

library(sf)

## Linking to GEOS 3.8.1, GDAL 3.1.3, PROJ 7.1.1

# Read
dat = st_read("/home/michael/Downloads/גבולות נפות/™‹…š Ž‰ƒ’ (ArcView)/”…š ‰™˜€Œ.shp", options = "ENCODING=UTF-8")

## options:        ENCODING=UTF-8 
## Reading layer `”…š ‰™˜€Œ' from data source `/home/michael/Downloads/גבולות נפות/™‹…š Ž‰ƒ’ (ArcView)/”…š ‰™˜€Œ.shp' using driver `ESRI Shapefile'
## Simple feature collection with 15 features and 4 fields
## geometry type:  POLYGON
## dimension:      XY
## bbox:           xmin: 130175.7 ymin: 377832.4 xmax: 284068.5 ymax: 804530.3
## projected CRS:  Israel 1993 / Israeli TM Grid

# Plot
plot(st_geometry(dat), border = "grey")
text(st_coordinates(st_centroid(dat)), dat$Nafa)

## Warning in st_centroid.sf(dat): st_centroid assumes attributes are constant over
## geometries of x