diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c691bf2..00018c0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,13 +8,7 @@ Changing administrative regional boundaries over time complicates the construction of consistent regional panel data. The `nuts` package can transform European regional NUTS codes between different versions and levels with the aim to harmonize and link data sets at the regional NUTS level. -The package converts data between three regional hierarchical levels - -- NUTS1 -- NUTS2 -- NUTS3 - -and between five NUTS versions +The packages main task is to convert data between five NUTS versions - 2006 - 2010 @@ -22,7 +16,7 @@ and between five NUTS versions - 2016 - 2021 -These conversions can be performed in any direction based on spatial interpolation using five different weights (regional area in square kilometers, 2011 and 2018 population size, 2012 and 2018 built-up area). The weights are based on conversion tables provided by the [Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission (EC)]() that are used in their online converter. This R package permits to do the same conversion offline with additional advantages such as conversion within groups, enabling the conversion of datasets with multiple NUTS versions efficiently. +These conversions can be performed in any direction based on spatial interpolation using five different weights (regional area in square kilometers, 2011 and 2018 population size, 2012 and 2018 built-up area). The weights are based on conversion tables provided by the [Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission (EC)]() that are used in their online converter. This R package permits to do the same conversion offline with additional advantages such as conversion within groups, enabling the conversion of datasets with multiple NUTS versions efficiently. ### Installation