bcdc_describe_feature had the sticky column values reversed. For example:
library(bcdata)
#>
#> Attaching package: 'bcdata'
#> The following object is masked from 'package:stats':
#>
#> filter
library(dplyr)
#>
#> Attaching package: 'dplyr'
#> The following objects are masked from 'package:stats':
#>
#> filter, lag
#> The following objects are masked from 'package:base':
#>
#> intersect, setdiff, setequal, union
## All the columns that are "not" sticky
bcdc_describe_feature("bc-airports") %>%
filter(!sticky)
#> Warning: It is advised to use the permanent id ('76b1b7a3-2112-4444-857a-afccf7b20da8') rather than the name of the record ('bc-airports') to guard against future name changes.
#> # A tibble: 9 x 5
#> col_name sticky remote_col_type local_col_type column_comments
#> <chr> <lgl> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 id FALSE xsd:string character <NA>
#> 2 CUSTODIAN_ORG_DESCRIPTION FALSE xsd:string character CUSTODIAN_ORG_~
#> 3 BUSINESS_CATEGORY_CLASS FALSE xsd:string character BUSINESS_CATEG~
#> 4 BUSINESS_CATEGORY_DESCRIPTION FALSE xsd:string character BUSINESS_CATEG~
#> 5 OCCUPANT_TYPE_DESCRIPTION FALSE xsd:string character OCCUPANT_TYPE_~
#> 6 SOURCE_DATA_ID FALSE xsd:string character SOURCE_DATA_ID~
#> 7 SUPPLIED_SOURCE_ID_IND FALSE xsd:string character SUPPLIED_SOURC~
#> 8 AIRPORT_NAME FALSE xsd:string character AIRPORT_NAME i~
#> 9 SEQUENCE_ID FALSE xsd:decimal numeric SEQUENCE_ID co~
fw <- bcdc_query_geodata("bc-airports")
## we don't drop any columns that are supposedly "not-sticky"
fw %>%
select(AIRPORT_NAME)
#> Querying 'bc-airports' record
#> * Using collect() on this object will return 455 features and 9 fields
#> * At most six rows of the record are printed here
#> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#> Simple feature collection with 6 features and 9 fields
#> Geometry type: POINT
#> Dimension: XY
#> Bounding box: xmin: 833323.9 ymin: 381604.1 xmax: 1198292 ymax: 1054950
#> Projected CRS: NAD83 / BC Albers
#> # A tibble: 6 x 10
#> id CUSTODIAN_ORG_DES~ BUSINESS_CATEGO~ BUSINESS_CATEGO~ OCCUPANT_TYPE_D~
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 WHSE_IM~ "Ministry of Fore~ airTransportati~ Air Transportat~ BC Airports
#> 2 WHSE_IM~ "Ministry of Fore~ airTransportati~ Air Transportat~ BC Airports
#> 3 WHSE_IM~ "Ministry of Fore~ airTransportati~ Air Transportat~ BC Airports
#> 4 WHSE_IM~ "Ministry of Fore~ airTransportati~ Air Transportat~ BC Airports
#> 5 WHSE_IM~ "Ministry of Fore~ airTransportati~ Air Transportat~ BC Airports
#> 6 WHSE_IM~ "Ministry of Fore~ airTransportati~ Air Transportat~ BC Airports
#> # ... with 5 more variables: SOURCE_DATA_ID <chr>,
#> # SUPPLIED_SOURCE_ID_IND <chr>, AIRPORT_NAME <chr>, SEQUENCE_ID <int>,
#> # geometry <POINT [m]>
## All cols that are supposed to be sticky
bcdc_describe_feature("bc-airports") %>%
filter(sticky)
#> # A tibble: 33 x 5
#> col_name sticky remote_col_type local_col_type column_comments
#> <chr> <lgl> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 DESCRIPTION TRUE xsd:string character "DESCRIPTION describe~
#> 2 PHYSICAL_ADDRESS TRUE xsd:string character "PHYSICAL_ADDRESS con~
#> 3 ALIAS_ADDRESS TRUE xsd:string character "ALIAS_ADDRESS contai~
#> 4 STREET_ADDRESS TRUE xsd:string character "STREET_ADDRESS is a ~
#> 5 POSTAL_CODE TRUE xsd:string character "POSTAL_CODE is the C~
#> 6 LOCALITY TRUE xsd:string character "LOCALITY is the name~
#> 7 CONTACT_PHONE TRUE xsd:string character "CONTACT PHONE contai~
#> 8 CONTACT_EMAIL TRUE xsd:string character "CONTACT_EMAIL contai~
#> 9 CONTACT_FAX TRUE xsd:string character "CONTACT FAX contains~
#> 10 WEBSITE_URL TRUE xsd:string character "WEBSITE_URL contains~
#> # ... with 23 more rows
## all cols dropped except that one selected and non-sticky ones!
fw %>%
select(DESCRIPTION)
#> Querying 'bc-airports' record
#> * Using collect() on this object will return 455 features and 10 fields
#> * At most six rows of the record are printed here
#> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#> Simple feature collection with 6 features and 10 fields
#> Geometry type: POINT
#> Dimension: XY
#> Bounding box: xmin: 833323.9 ymin: 381604.1 xmax: 1198292 ymax: 1054950
#> Projected CRS: NAD83 / BC Albers
#> # A tibble: 6 x 11
#> id CUSTODIAN_ORG_DES~ BUSINESS_CATEGO~ BUSINESS_CATEGO~ OCCUPANT_TYPE_D~
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 WHSE_IM~ "Ministry of Fore~ airTransportati~ Air Transportat~ BC Airports
#> 2 WHSE_IM~ "Ministry of Fore~ airTransportati~ Air Transportat~ BC Airports
#> 3 WHSE_IM~ "Ministry of Fore~ airTransportati~ Air Transportat~ BC Airports
#> 4 WHSE_IM~ "Ministry of Fore~ airTransportati~ Air Transportat~ BC Airports
#> 5 WHSE_IM~ "Ministry of Fore~ airTransportati~ Air Transportat~ BC Airports
#> 6 WHSE_IM~ "Ministry of Fore~ airTransportati~ Air Transportat~ BC Airports
#> # ... with 6 more variables: SOURCE_DATA_ID <chr>,
#> # SUPPLIED_SOURCE_ID_IND <chr>, AIRPORT_NAME <chr>, DESCRIPTION <chr>,
#> # SEQUENCE_ID <int>, geometry <POINT [m]>
bcdc_describe_feature
had the sticky column values reversed. For example:The issue is here: https://github.com/bcgov/bcdata/blob/f1ef671e04e9072561c490e75bca3cec3e323bbc/R/describe-feature.R#L118