Find, import, and format USGS data to Darwin Core

Source: R/USGS_formatter.R

The function finds, imports, formats, and creates metadata for the USGS dataset.

USGS_formatter(path, pubDate)

Arguments

path

A character path to a directory that contains the USGS data, which will be found using fileFinder(). The function will look for "USGS_DRO_flat".

pubDate

Character. The publication date of the dataset to update the metadata and citation.

Value

Returns a list with the occurrence data, "USGS_data", and the EML data, "EML_attributes".

Examples

if (FALSE) {
USGS_data <- USGS_formatter(path = DataPath, pubDate = "19-11-2022")
}