download_vaa: Download nhdplusVAA data from HydroShare

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Download nhdplusVAA data from HydroShare

Description

downloads and caches nhdplusVAA data on your computer

Usage

download_vaa(
  path = get_vaa_path(updated_network),
  force = FALSE,
  updated_network = FALSE
)

Arguments

path	character path where the file should be saved. Default is a persistent system data as retrieved by nhdplusTools_data_dir. Also see: get_vaa_path
force	logical. Force data re-download. Default = FALSE
updated_network	logical default FALSE. If TRUE, updated network attributes from E2NHD and National Water Model retrieved from doi: 10.5066/P9W79I7Q.

Details

The VAA data is a aggregate table of information from the NHDPlusV2 elevslope.dbf(s), PlusFlowlineVAA.dbf(s); and NHDFlowlines. All data originates from the EPA NHDPlus Homepage here. To see the location of cached data on your machine use get_vaa_path. To view aggregate data and documentation, see here

Value

character path to cached data

nhdplusTools documentation built on Dec. 7, 2022, 5:15 p.m.