remove_missing {gatoRs}

Remove Missing Information - Prepare to merge a data frame with georeferenced and retrieved records

Description

The remove_missing() function identifies and removes records identified with the need_to_georeference() and needed_records() functions. This function should be utilized prior to merging georeferenced or retrieved records.

Usage

remove_missing(
  df,
  remove.type = "both",
  info.withheld = "informationWithheld",
  longitude = "longitude",
  latitude = "latitude",
  locality = "locality",
  id = "ID"
)

Arguments

df

A data frame downloaded with gators_download().

remove.type

Default equal to "both" indicating records identified with the need_to_georeference() function and needed_records() function are removed from the data frame. If equal to "georeference" then only records identified by the need_to_georeference() function are removed. If equal to "withheld" then only records identified with the needed_records() function are removed.

info.withheld

Default = "informationWithheld". The name of the information withheld column in the data frame.

longitude

Default = "longitude". The name of the longitude column in the data frame.

latitude

Default = "latitude". The name of the latitude column in the data frame.

locality

Default = "locality". The name of the locality column in the data frame.

id

Default = "ID". The name of the id column in the data frame, which contains unique IDs defined from GBIF (keys) or iDigBio (UUID).

Details

This function requires no additional packages.

Value

A data frame with records containing missing information removed. Information about the columns in the returned data frame can be found in the documentation for gators_download().

Examples

cleaned_data <- remove_missing(data)