Roll out a package for internal use

[sigmafelix]

• [x] Fast-forward writing functions for elementary covariate computation
• [x] Unit-test the developed functions, error-shoot and revise
• [x] Documentation with roxygen2
• [-] Integrate the package into SLURM job submission workflow
  • [-] Automate installation (i.e., package into *.tar.gz file and insert an installation script)

[sigmafelix]

09/03/2023 update

• A development branch includes version 0.0.1.
  • Will pull the branch into main after adding a few more functions.
• For now, I did not fully integrate testthat workflow; however, type checks are implemented in each function
• Vector-vector overlay (i.e., polygon-polygon) and areal interpolation functions need to be assessed as this will impact the total processing time.

[sigmafelix]

09/14/2023 update

• Following today's meeting and looking at the covariate table, vector-raster operation is prioritized. The most challenging case is obviously the NLCD data summary, which requires handling the finest resolution (30 meters by 30 meters) among the datasets we plan to use.
• extract_with will be the focal function of the alpha version development.

[kyle-messier]

09/03/2023 update

• A development branch includes version 0.0.1.

  • Will pull the branch into main after adding a few more functions.
• For now, I did not fully integrate testthat workflow; however, type checks are implemented in each function
• Vector-vector overlay (i.e., polygon-polygon) and areal interpolation functions need to be assessed as this will impact the total processing time.

@sigmafelix Let's get the test-coverage action and tests/testthat done as a near term goal for this repo. Let's discuss here, on the repo discussion board (I'll make it), and/or project board. I'd say get to good point here, then merge with main. Then I can copy over the yaml and create the codecov test coverage integration.

[sigmafelix]

Sure, I will make an issue for the integration of the testing environment to the package.

[sigmafelix]

10/31/2023 update

• Integrating SLURM submission is for internal use: for general use of the package, I will add additional functions for internal use
• extract_with and aw_covariates are the core main function
• distribute_process_* suites are designed to accommodate three use cases (grids, polygons, and raster files) with single-node, multi-core, with single main process. Implementation of cluster mode is needed
• With version 0.0.4, I will close this issue and I will proceed to integrate external tools into this package from version 0.0.5.