downloadNlTiles: Download the listed tiles for a given nlType in a given...

In Rnightlights: Satellite Nightlight Data Extraction

Description

Download the listed tiles for a given nlType in a given nlPeriod

Usage

downloadNlTiles(nlType, configName = pkgOptions(paste0("configName_",
  nlType)), nlPeriod, tileList,
  multiTileStrategy = pkgOptions("multiTileStrategy"))

Arguments

nlType	character The nightlight type
configName	character the type of raster being processed
nlPeriod	character The nlPeriod to process in the appropriate format
tileList	integer vector or character vector of digits containing valid tile numbers as obtained by tileName2Idx for VIIRS. Ignore for nlType=="OLS"
multiTileStrategy	character How to handle multiple tiles per nlPeriod

Value

TRUE/FALSE if the download was successful

Examples

#download VIIRS tiles for "KEN" which are tiles 2 and 5 for the specified
    #time periods
## Not run: 
Rnightlights:::downloadNlTiles("VIIRS.M", "201401", c(2, 5))

## End(Not run)

#same as above but getting the tileList automatically
## Not run: 
Rnightlights:::downloadNlTiles(nlType="VIIRS.M", 
    nlPeriod="201401", 
    tileList=Rnightlights:::getCtryTileList(ctryCodes="KEN", 
        nlType="VIIRS.M")
)

## End(Not run)

#returns TRUE if the download was successful or tile is cached locally

Rnightlights documentation built on Aug. 29, 2019, 5:02 p.m.