joinVisitNotes: joinVisitNotes: compiles plot, stand, and soils notes

In KateMMiller/forestMIDN: Package for importing, joining and querying MIDN forest database tables

joinVisitNotes: compiles plot, stand, and soils notes

Description

This function combines all notes collected for a given plot and/or visit

Usage

joinVisitNotes(
  park = "all",
  from = 2007,
  to = as.numeric(format(Sys.Date(), "%Y")),
  QAQC = FALSE,
  panels = 1:4,
  locType = c("VS", "all"),
  eventType = c("complete", "all"),
  noteType = c("visit", "all"),
  ...
)

Arguments

park	Combine data from all parks or one or more parks at a time. Valid inputs: "all" Includes all parks in the network "APCO" Appomattox Court House NHP only "ASIS" Assateague Island National Seashore "BOWA" Booker T. Washington NM only "COLO" Colonial NHP only "FRSP" Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania NMP only "GETT" Gettysburg NMP only "GEWA" George Washington Birthplace NM only "HOFU" Hopewell Furnace NHS only "PETE" Petersburg NBP only "RICH" Richmond NB only "SAHI" Sagamore Hill NHS only "THST" Thomas Stone NHS only "VAFO" Valley Forge NHP only
from	Year to start analysis, ranging from 2007 to current year
to	Year to stop analysis, ranging from 2007 to current year
QAQC	Allows you to remove or include QAQC events. FALSE Default. Only returns visits that are not QAQC visits TRUE Returns all visits, including QAQC visits
panels	Allows you to select individual panels from 1 to 4. Default is all 4 panels (1:4). If more than one panel is selected, specify by c(1, 3), for example.
locType	Allows you to only include plots that are part of the GRTS sample design or include all plots, such as deer exclosures. "VS" Only include plots that are part of the Vital Signs GRTS sample design "all" Include all plots, such as plots in deer exclosures or test plots.
eventType	Allows you to include only complete sampling events or all sampling events "complete" Default. Only include sampling events for a plot that are complete. "all Include all plot events with a record in tblCOMN.Event, including plots missing most of the data associated with that event (eg COLO-380.2018). This feature is currently hard-coded in the function.
noteType	"visit" Default. Only return notes recorded at the visit level. "all" Return visit and plot-level notes.
...	Other arguments passed to function.

Value

Returns a dataframe with all notes related to a plot and visit. Only returns records with notes. The Note_Info column indicates the data type the note relates to. The Sample_Info column includes information about the data that may help interpret the note.

Examples

## Not run: 
importData()
# compile visit-level notes for plots sampled in GEWA in 2019
GEWA_notes <- joinVisitNotes(park = 'GEWA', from = 2019, to = 2019, noteType = 'visit')

## End(Not run)

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