Using dataRetrieval versus waterData package about dataretrieval HOT 3 CLOSED

As far as getting USGS data from web services into R, dataRetrieval is more comprehensive (it includes all the web services, not just daily, and more flexible queries), and is the recommend package. Moving forward, this will be the package with the most on-going support. We are discussing modifying some of the waterData code to import dataRetrieval, but keep all backwards compatibility.

waterData has other features that dataRetrieval does not, so depending on what you are using the package for, you may or may not have reason to alter any of your scripts (fillMiss, plotAnoms, plotParams, etc).

So, in a nutshell, if waterData suits your needs, there's no good reason to refactor your scripts. Moving forward, you may want to use dataRetrieval for the USGS data retrieval aspect for the added flexibility of the queries.

Let me know if you need more information.

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By the way, I was just playing with kfigr the other day! Cool package. I didn't get it up and running exactly, but it looks to be exactly what I need/want (I admittedly didn't spend too much time on it).

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Thanks for the quick response! I'll try using dataRetrieval next time then. Also, I'd be happy to troubleshoot kfigr with you---feel free to post an issue on https://github.com/mkoohafkan/kfigr/issues, or email me directly. I'll bet there are still some kinks I need to work out.

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