ParseStationName: Find waterbody name from HYDAT station name
In ECCC-MSC/Basin-Delineation: Finds upstream area and upstream stations
Description
Usage
Arguments
Details
Value
Examples
Description
Given a NHS / Hydat hydrometric station name, attempts to isolate
the name of the waterbody on which the station resides.
Usage
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ParseStationName(station_name)
Arguments
station_name
character string; station name from Hydat station
Details
The returned value can be used to query the canadian geographic
names database to obtain a KML of the feature. The function relies on the
regularity of the station naming pattern and may give unexpected results in
certain circumstances such as:
(*) when the branch of the river is specified
(*) when there are multiple instances of parenthetical text in the name
(*) when english and french are both used in the name
.
Value
character string corresponding to the hydrographic feature associated
with the station (i.e. the name of a lake, river, stream etc)
a character string of the waterbody name
Examples
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ParseStationName("PEARSON CREEK NEAR PROCTER")
ParseStationName("SCHIAVON CREEK BELOW HIGHEST DIVERSION NEAR THRUMS")
ParseStationName("MADAWASKA (RIVIER) EN AVAL DU BARRAGE TEMISCOUATA")
# some problem stations
ParseStationName("ROMAINE (RIVIERE) BELOW LAC LAVOIE")
ParseStationName("ARNAUD (PAYNE)(RIVIERE) EN AMONT DE LA RIVIERE HAMELIN-1" )
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Description Usage Arguments Details Value Examples
Description
Given a NHS / Hydat hydrometric station name, attempts to isolate the name of the waterbody on which the station resides.
Usage
1 | ParseStationName(station_name)
|
Arguments
station_name |
character string; station name from Hydat station |
Details
The returned value can be used to query the canadian geographic names database to obtain a KML of the feature. The function relies on the regularity of the station naming pattern and may give unexpected results in certain circumstances such as: (*) when the branch of the river is specified (*) when there are multiple instances of parenthetical text in the name (*) when english and french are both used in the name .
Value
character string corresponding to the hydrographic feature associated with the station (i.e. the name of a lake, river, stream etc)
a character string of the waterbody name
Examples
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | ParseStationName("PEARSON CREEK NEAR PROCTER")
ParseStationName("SCHIAVON CREEK BELOW HIGHEST DIVERSION NEAR THRUMS")
ParseStationName("MADAWASKA (RIVIER) EN AVAL DU BARRAGE TEMISCOUATA")
# some problem stations
ParseStationName("ROMAINE (RIVIERE) BELOW LAC LAVOIE")
ParseStationName("ARNAUD (PAYNE)(RIVIERE) EN AMONT DE LA RIVIERE HAMELIN-1" )
|
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