The eaCatcheR R package provides an interface to data from the environment.data.gov.uk catchment planner, which is a resource for various spatial and ecological datasets on waterbodies in England. The package contains three main functions: get_wb_rnag(), get_wb_classification(), and get_wb_sf(), each of which allows you to access data based on geography type (e.g. RBD, MC, OC) and the name of the geography you wish to search.

To install the package, you can use the install_github function from the devtools package:

devtools::install_github("natehseehan/eaCatcheR")

To use the package, you can use the following code to download data:

library(eaCatcheR)

# Get water body RBD data
wb_rnag <- get_wb_rnag("RBD","<water_body_name>")

# Get water body classification data
wb_classification <- get_wb_classification("MC","<water_body_name>")

# Get water body SF data
wb_sf <- get_wb_sf("OC","<water_body_name>")

What is special about using README.Rmd instead of just README.md? You can include R chunks like so:

For more information on the package and its functions, you can refer to the package documentation:

?eaCatcheR

We welcome contributions to the package! If you would like to contribute, please fork the repository and create a pull request.

The data for this package comes from the environment.data.gov.uk website, which is maintained by the UK government. The website provides access to a range of environmental data and information, including information on water bodies and water quality.

For questions or support, please open an issue on the GitHub repository or contact the package maintainer at [email protected]