Download MTBS perimeter or occurrence data

Downloads an MTBS composite data ZIP archive to a directory. If the ZIP already exists and overwrite = FALSE, no network call is made.

Usage

get_mtbs(
  directory = getwd(),
  dataset = c("perimeters", "occurrence"),
  overwrite = FALSE,
  timeout = 3600,
  verbose = TRUE
)

directory: character(1) directory where the ZIP file is stored. Defaults to the current working directory.
dataset: character(1) which dataset to download. Use "perimeters" (default) to get fire perimeters as polygons, or "occurrence" to get fire centroids as points.
overwrite: logical(1) re-download when TRUE; defaults to FALSE.
timeout: numeric(1) download timeout in seconds. The MTBS ZIP is ~360 MB, so the default is 3600 (one hour). Set to a lower value if you want a stricter limit.
verbose: logical(1) print progress messages.

character(1) path to the downloaded ZIP file (invisibly).

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
zip_path <- get_mtbs()
zip_path_pts <- get_mtbs(dataset = "occurrence")
} # }