Open Street Map Data in R
OpenStreetMap is a collaborative project to create a free editable geographic database of the world. Open street Map (OSM) is name refer is a global open access mapping project. The data from OSM can be used in various ways including production of paper maps and electronic maps, geocoding of address and place names, and route planning.
To easy access of OSM spatial data, Mark Padgham and Robin Lovelace developed osmdata, which is an R package for downloading data from OSM.