Dissolve features by name column

Groups features by name_col and unions their geometries, producing one feature per unique name. This prevents duplicate rows for multipart features (e.g., some MODZCTAs).

Usage

dissolve_by_name(gdf)

Arguments

gdf

An sf object with columns id, name_col, and geometry.

Value

An sf object with one row per unique name_col value, with columns id, name_col, and dissolved geometry.