Retrieve bundled monitoring station points

Returns the built-in monitoring station point layer shipped in inst/extdata/monitoring_stations.rds. This layer is intended for examples and tests that need a real point-in-polygon join with no network access. It is NOT a substitute for retrieve_monitoring_stations(): use retrieve_monitoring_stations() when you need up-to-date, authoritative monitoring station locations.

Usage

retrieve_monitoring_stations_simple()

Value

An sf object of monitoring station points (OGF_ID, STATION_NAME, STATION_IDENT, NETWORK_NAME, DATA_COLLECTION_METHOD, geometry columns) in EPSG:4326, with source_url, source_name, and retrieved_at attributes attached for provenance. retrieved_at is the snapshot instant of the bundled data, not the time of the call.

Details

The built-in file was downloaded from the Esri Hub export endpoint for LIO layer LIO_Open08/30 and subset to six columns to fit the CRAN package size budget. The source data are published by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry under the Open Government Licence - Ontario.

Examples

stations <- retrieve_monitoring_stations_simple()
nrow(stations)
#> [1] 2407