Vignettes?

[kjschaudt]

The documentation, such as https://docs.ropensci.org/rnoaa/, says that vignettes are available in the package. Am unable to locate them using vignettes() in rnoaa 1.3.2. Is that available in a development version?

[sckott]

thanks @kjschaudt for your question. Sorry about that. There are vignettes in the docs here https://docs.ropensci.org/rnoaa/ - linked from the pkg landing page https://cloud.r-project.org/web/packages/rnoaa/

I've been removing vignettes from the cran version because cran is checking vignettes for all kinds of things that hold up new version submissions

[kjschaudt]

Scott,

Perhaps, I am missing something.   I've checked https://docs.ropensci.org/rnoaa/ https://docs.ropensci.org/rnoaa/ using both safari and firefox.  Vignettes are listed but there are no active links to any documents from that page.

The vignettes command does not reveal any vignettes in the version of rnoaa downloaded.   Would it be better to try a different source for rnoaa?

Thanks,

Ken

On 5/3/21 4:41 PM, Scott Chamberlain wrote:

thanks @kjschaudt https://github.com/kjschaudt for your question. Sorry about that. There are vignettes in the docs here https://docs.ropensci.org/rnoaa/ https://docs.ropensci.org/rnoaa/ - linked from the pkg landing page https://cloud.r-project.org/web/packages/rnoaa/ https://cloud.r-project.org/web/packages/rnoaa/

I've been removing vignettes from the cran version because cran is checking vignettes for all kinds of things that hold up new version submissions

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[sckott]

Did you try "Articles"?

And "Getting Started" is also a vignette

[kjschaudt]

AHA! I didn't realize that the vignettes were filed under Articles. I followed the link at HELP GETTING STARTED in the main body of the text and looked for a link in the bulleted list below that heading. That will help next time I check rnoaa's capabilities. Any thoughts on extending it to handle the International's Best Track Archive from the NCDC? https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ibtracs/index.php?name=ib-v4-access

[sckott]

Are you asking for a IBTRACS vignette?

[kjschaudt]

The documentation on tropical storms seemed too say rnoaa only handles the data in the US databases, not the best track data in the IBTRACS format. Was I mistaken?

[sckott]

We used to have access to IBTRACS in rnoaa, but I removed it last summer as it was too unreliable

[kjschaudt]

Yep. I turned to rnoaa hoping that a reliable solution might be found there.

[sckott]

you can use the code we had for IBTRACS if you want, its openly licensed https://github.com/ropensci/rnoaa/blob/v1.1.0/R/storms.R