db_download_gbif() downloads an SQLite version of GBIF from Amazon S3. This SQLite version is automatically updated every day using this pipeline: https://github.com/sckott/gbif-backbone-sql. However, every now and then the automatic update fails. In contrast with this approach, db_download_ncbi() for example prepares the NCBI SQLite database locally on the user's platform.
While db_download_gbif() generally works, adding R functionality to prepare this database locally would simplify repo maintainance (fewer repos, fewer languages, no webservices required).
Related to issues #63, #69, #76.
db_download_gbif()downloads an SQLite version of GBIF from Amazon S3. This SQLite version is automatically updated every day using this pipeline: https://github.com/sckott/gbif-backbone-sql. However, every now and then the automatic update fails. In contrast with this approach,db_download_ncbi()for example prepares the NCBI SQLite database locally on the user's platform.While
db_download_gbif()generally works, adding R functionality to prepare this database locally would simplify repo maintainance (fewer repos, fewer languages, no webservices required).