How to use the Google satellite view as tile in leaflet with R

Question

Many questions seem similar to mine, I could not however find a fitting answer for R.

So far, I use the awesome R leaflet (and ggmap) package that way:

library(ggmap)
library(leaflet)

coord <-geocode('New York')

map.city <- leaflet() %>%
  addTiles('http://{s}.tile.thunderforest.com/transport/{z}/{x}/{y}.png?apikey=68c4cd328d3b484091812a76fae093fd') %>%
setView(coord$lon, coord$lat, zoom = 11) 

But what if I want as a map the Google satellite?

I went through this post

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9394190/leaflet-map-api-with-google-satellite-layer#=

but don't understand how to use the googleSat function defined there.

Answer 1

If it has to be google satellite imagery you could use the googleway package. If other satellite imagery is ok, you can use "Esri.WorlImagery" with or without "CartoDB.PositronOnlyLabels" in leaflet:

library(ggmap)
library(leaflet)

coord <-geocode('New York')

map.city <- leaflet() %>% addProviderTiles('Esri.WorldImagery') %>% 
  setView(coord$lon, coord$lat, zoom = 11)
map.city %>% addProviderTiles("CartoDB.PositronOnlyLabels")