get_rcvr_data {filteRjsats}

Get A Dataframe of All Receiver Data from CalFishTrack

Description

This function searches the California Fish Tracking ERDAPP Database to create a dataframe ofacoustic receiver metadata. Desired fields can be set to select only certain fields, object rcvr_fields is the default. This data is used to add receiver metadata to detection data in the add_fish function.

Usage

get_rcvr_data(fields = rcvr_fields)

Arguments

fields

a vector of important field names to be imported from the ERDDAP dataset

Value

A dataframe of receiver metadata which can be joined to detection data

Examples

# Retrieve the default set of fields from Cal Fish Track needed for package
tout <- getOption("timeout")
options(timeout = 4)
try(get_rcvr_data())
options(timeout = tout)