ropensci/prism

cleanup metadata related functions

rabutler-usbr opened this issue · 1 comments

rabutler-usbr commented

is get_metadata() used internally?

rabutler-usbr commented

API:

get_metadata <- function(type, dates = NULL, minDate = NULL, maxDate = NULL)
get_prism_station_md <- function(type, minDate = NULL, maxDate = NULL, dates = NULL)
prism_md(f, returnDate = FALSE)

get_metadata()

  • is used in del_early_prov().
  • not exported
  • uses .info.txt
  • this is metadata about prism dataset, and version
  • rename to prism_data_get_md()
  • export
  • fix to return consistent column names (30-yr averages fail)
  • fix to work with monthly/annual/normals

get_prism_station_md()

  • is exported
  • uses .stn.csv files
  • this is metadata about stations used to create prism grid for current year/month/day.
  • rename to prism_data_get_station_md()

prism_md()

  • is exported
  • used in ls_prism_data() and prism_image() and prism_slice()
  • calls pr_parse() which is also exported
  • converts the data folder/bil file to a long name
    • "PRISM_tmean_30yr_normal_4kmM2_01_bil" --> "Jan 30-year normals - 4km resolution - Mean temperature"
    • "PRISM_tmean_stable_4kmM3_20081001_bil.bil" --> "Oct 01 2008 - 4km resolution - Mean temperature"
  • should not export pr_parse()
  • need to update to account for vpdmin/max and tdmean names
  • rename
  • new function for getting date