Read Geolocator Data and Orders

Read and combine Swiss Ornithological Institute GDL exports.

read_soi_gld() is the high-level entry point. It can read from:

• a single Access (.accdb) file, or

• separate data/order CSV files.

The result is a joined table combining tag data with summarized order metadata.

Usage

read_soi_gld(
  access_file = NA,
  data_file = NA,
  order_file = NA,
  filter_col = TRUE
)

Arguments

access_file

Path to an Access file containing both GDL data and order information. If provided, it takes precedence over data_file and order_file.

data_file

Path to the GDL data file, or a data frame already loaded in memory. Required when access_file is not provided.

order_file

Path to the GDL order file, or a data frame already loaded in memory. Required when access_file is not provided.

filter_col

Logical. If TRUE (default), returns a predefined subset of columns useful for package creation; if FALSE, returns all joined columns.

Value

A data frame combining GDL tag rows and order-level information.

Details

Order metadata are aggregated by OrderName before joining to the GDL tag rows, so one order contributes a single summarized row to the output.

See also

read_soi() to convert the returned SOI table into a geolocatordp object.