wpgpGetCountryCovariate: wpgpGetCountryCovariate function will download files and...

In wpgp/wpgpCovariates: wpgpCovariates Package for downloading raster datasets from WorldPop FTP

Description

wpgpGetCountryCovariate function will download files and return a list with the file paths to the requested covariates for one or more countries

Usage

wpgpGetCountryCovariate(df.user = NULL, ISO3 = NULL, covariate = NULL,
  destDir = tempdir(), username = NULL, password = NULL, quiet = TRUE,
  frCSVDownload = FALSE, method = "auto")

Arguments

df.user	data frame of files to download. Must contain ISO3, Folder, and RstName. If not supplied, must give ISO3, year, and covariate
ISO3	a 3-character country code or vector of country codes. Optional if df.user supplied
covariate	Covariate name(s). Optional if df.user supplied
destDir	Path to the folder where you want to save raster file
username	ftp username to WorldPop ftp server
password	ftp password to WorldPop ftp server
quiet	Download Without any messages if TRUE
frCSVDownload	If TRUE, a new wpgAllCovariates.csv file will downloaded
method	Method to be used for downloading files. Current download methods are "internal", "wininet" (Windows only) "libcurl", "wget" and "curl", and there is a value "auto"

Value

List of files downloaded, including file paths

Examples

wpgpGetCountryCovariate(df.user = NULL,'NPL','px_area','G:/WorldPop/','ftpUsername','ftpPassword')

wpgp/wpgpCovariates documentation built on May 29, 2019, 11:58 a.m.