Running list of NEON utilities

[cklunch]

Use this issue to track desired functionality, who is working on what, etc.

• file-stacking code: to merge the monthly files provided by the portal from the old file cache (zipped monthly files) into a single file. @chrlaney is working an R snippet. Joe Z will work on a python snippet.
• file-stacking code: to merge the monthly files provided by the portal from ECS (monthly files, but not in monthly zips) into a single file. @chrlaney will work on this and release it once all data files are migrated to ECS. Joe Z will work on a python snippet.
• locations: code to pull geolocations from the NEON API and calculate more precise locations for selected products (to be expanded over time). Public package here https://github.com/NEONScience/NEON-geolocation written by @scelmendorf and @cklunch
• generic joining function: a function to join (flatten) the multiple files associated with most OS products. Should either take a data product number as input and know what to do, or should take the list of fields to join on as inputs. (May want to use some of the existing flag dupes functions in the devTOSatbdLibrary as part of this - joining without flagging will in many cases cause massive row duplication)