hy_leveled: hy_leveled: enriched self-referencing edge list

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hy_leveled: enriched self-referencing edge list

Description

A hy_leveled object is a hy_topo carrying the additional columns produced by stream leveling: topo_sort, levelpath, and levelpath_outlet_id. These columns are what mainstem-aware operations (Pfafstetter coding, stream level, junction-table conversion) need in order to run.

hy_leveled is a strict subclass of hy_topo, so every function that accepts a hy_topo accepts a hy_leveled as well.

Details

hy_leveled exists to mark a hy_topo as having been through add_levelpaths() so downstream functions can dispatch on the presence of leveling without re-checking column names. The leveling columns encode mainstem path identity (levelpath), the outlet that closes that path (levelpath_outlet_id), and the topological order along the network (topo_sort).

Like hy_topo, hy_leveled requires unique id and cannot represent divergences as duplicated rows. Convert to hy_flownetwork via to_flownetwork() to preserve main and diverted paths in junction-table form.

Required columns

• id — catchment or flowline identifier, unique across rows

• toid — id of the immediately downstream feature

• topo_sort — topological sort order (NHDPlus hydrosequence)

• levelpath — mainstem path identifier

• levelpath_outlet_id — outlet id that closes each levelpath

See hydroloom_name_definitions for the canonical column definitions.

Functions that operate on hy_leveled

All hy_topo methods, plus the leveling-aware operations:

• Mainstem coding: add_pfafstetter(), add_streamlevel()

• Junction-table conversion: to_flownetwork()

Call hy_capabilities() on a specific object for the authoritative list given its current columns.

Conversions to other representations

• To hy_node (bipartite graph): make_node_topology()

• To hy_flownetwork (junction table): to_flownetwork(), which uses levelpath to decide which connection at a divergence is the main path

See Also

hy, hy_topo, hy_node, hy_flownetwork, hy_capabilities(), hy_network_type(), add_levelpaths(), add_pfafstetter(), to_flownetwork()

Examples

x <- sf::read_sf(system.file("extdata/new_hope.gpkg", package = "hydroloom"))

z <- add_levelpaths(add_toids(hy(x)),
                    name_attribute = "GNIS_ID",
                    weight_attribute = "arbolate_sum")

hy_network_type(z)

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