soilDB (version 2.6.9)

get_SDA_coecoclass: Get mapunit ecological sites from Soil Data Access

Description

Get mapunit ecological sites from Soil Data Access

Usage

get_SDA_coecoclass(
  method = "None",
  areasymbols = NULL,
  mukeys = NULL,
  query_string = FALSE,
  ecoclassref = "Ecological Site Description Database",
  not_rated_value = "Not assigned",
  miscellaneous_areas = TRUE
)

Arguments

method

aggregation method. One of: "Dominant Component", "Dominant Condition", "None". If "None" is selected one row will be returned per component, otherwise one row will be returned per map unit.

areasymbols

vector of soil survey area symbols

mukeys

vector of map unit keys

query_string

Default: FALSE; if TRUE return a character string containing query that would be sent to SDA via SDA_query

ecoclassref

Default: "Ecological Site Description Database". If NULL no constraint on ecoclassref is used in the query.

not_rated_value

Default: "Not assigned"

miscellaneous_areas

Include miscellaneous areas (non-soil components)?

Details

When method="Dominant Condition" an additional field ecoclasspct_r is returned in the result with the sum of comppct_r that have the dominant condition ecoclassid. The component with the greatest comppct_r is returned for the component and coecosite level information.

Note that if there are multiple coecoclasskey per ecoclassid there may be more than one record per component.