CDEC Retrieve is now part of CRAN!

Emanuel Rodriguez

2018-09-10

What is CDECRetrieve?

CDECRetrieve is an R package developed at FlowWest that enables users to streamline analysis and reporting of CDEC data, with just a few function calls users are able to go from exploration to analysis without leaving the R environment. CDECRetrieve was built with users in mind from the start, and is used extensively by both engineers and data scientists at FlowWest. We are excited to announce its recent acceptance into CRAN with version 0.1.0.

Why use CDECRetrieve?

CDECRetrieve is Tidy

CDECRetrieve follows most of the conventions set by the tidyverse, so users can quickly start making use of packages like, ggplot2, dplyr and tidyr.

CDECRetrieve is Intuitive

Although CDEC provides a good data service its interface is not very intuitive. CDECRetrieve was designed to capture the key pieces of CDEC and the relationships between each of these. Doing so this way a user can go from exploring locations with cdec_stations() to datasets within a location with cdec_datasets() and lastly querying for actual data with cdec_query().

CDECRetrieve is Open Source

Here at FlowWest we strongly believe in open source software, we want everyone to benefit from the work we do. You can view, download and extend CDECRetrieve here, as well as open any issues regarding bugs, or features you want to see in future releases

You can learn more as well see fully implemented examples using CDECRetrieve here.