AcquireData: Downloads the larger data set for entire Germany.

In wflo: Data Set and Helper Functions for Wind Farm Layout Optimization Problems

Downloads the larger data set for entire Germany.

Description

Convenience function that downloads the larger data set covering the entire area of Germany and saves it to the specified directory. This data set can replace the smaller sub sample data set that is part of this package.

Usage

AcquireData(Folder)

Arguments

Folder

must be a character string containing the folder location to where the file will be saved. For instance, use getwd to save to the current working directory.

Details

This function will interactively lead the user through the downloading process and also gives advice on how to use the larger data set. Make sure that R can write to the specified directory.

Value

AcquireData returns nothing.

Author(s)

Carsten Croonenbroeck

See Also

Use FarmVars for the settings object and FarmData for the smaller, built-in data set that is part of this package.

Examples

## Not run: 
AcquireData(tempdir())
# Will download the data file to the specified directory.

## End(Not run)

wflo documentation built on Jan. 15, 2023, 5:10 p.m.