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csdms-contrib / slepian_alpha

Scalar spherical-harmonic analysis and Slepian functions
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How does one get the data files? #4

Closed gradywright closed 2 years ago

gradywright commented 8 years ago

I set the environment variable $IFILES as indicated in the README file, and even created a directory called COASTS where $IFILES points. However, when I try localization('demo1'), I get an error related to the fact that the file cont.mtl can't be found.

In general many of the demo file seem to assume that some data files are present on the system. How does one go about getting these files? Is it possible to include these with the distribution of the code?

fjsimons commented 8 years ago

Hi Grady, these missing files are still on my software page, at the bottom. They should and will be moved over to the GitHub site! http://geoweb.princeton.edu/people/simons/software.html

gradywright commented 8 years ago

Thanks for the quick response @fjsimons. I worked my way through the code and downloaded the files needed to run some of the demos. The software is really nice.

On a related note, I recently discovered the useful matlabcommand websave that allows one to download files directly from the internet. Rather than putting all the data files on github, you could use this command to download them from your website to the correct directory on the users computer. For example,

filename = fullfile(getenv('IFILES'),'EARTHMODELS','CONSTANTS','SHM.mat')
websave(filename,'http://geoweb.princeton.edu/people/simons/DOTM/SHM.mat')

Will download SHM.mat from your website and save it in the correct directory (assuming that the directories have been created.