Read site metadata from an external file
Arguments
- sitpth
 character string of path to the site metadata file
- runchk
 logical to run data checks with
checkMWRsites
Details
Data are imported with read_excel and checked with checkMWRsites.
Examples
sitpth <- system.file('extdata/ExampleSites.xlsx', package = 'MassWateR')
sitdat <- readMWRsites(sitpth)
#> Running checks on site metadata...
#> 	Checking column names... OK
#> 	Checking all required columns are present... OK
#> 	Checking for missing latitude or longitude values... OK
#> 	Checking for non-numeric values in latitude... OK
#> 	Checking for non-numeric values in longitude... OK
#> 	Checking for positive values in longitude... OK
#> 	Checking for missing entries for Monitoring Location ID... OK
#> 
#> All checks passed!
head(sitdat)
#> # A tibble: 6 × 5
#>   `Monitoring Location ID` `Monitoring Location Name` Monitoring Location Lati…¹
#>   <chr>                    <chr>                                           <dbl>
#> 1 ABT-026                  Rte 2, Concord                                   42.5
#> 2 ABT-062                  Rte 62, Acton                                    42.4
#> 3 ABT-077                  Rte 27/USGS, Maynard                             42.4
#> 4 ABT-144                  Rte 62, Stow                                     42.4
#> 5 ABT-162                  Cox Street bridge                                42.4
#> 6 ABT-237                  Robin Hill Rd, Marlboro                          42.3
#> # ℹ abbreviated name: ¹`Monitoring Location Latitude`
#> # ℹ 2 more variables: `Monitoring Location Longitude` <dbl>,
#> #   `Location Group` <chr>
