Calculates fetch (open water distance) and wave exposure metrics for lake sampling points. Downloads lake boundaries from 'OpenStreetMap', calculates directional fetch using a ray-casting approach, and optionally integrates National Hydrography Dataset ('NHD') data <https://www.usgs.gov/national-hydrography> for hydrological context including outlet and inlet locations. Can estimate lake depth from surface area using empirical relationships, and integrate historical weather data for cumulative wave energy calculations. Includes an optional interactive 'shiny' application for visualization.
| Version: | 0.1.3 |
| Depends: | R (≥ 4.1.0) |
| Imports: | sf (≥ 1.0-0), osmdata (≥ 0.2.0), ggplot2 (≥ 3.0.0) |
| Suggests: | nhdplusTools, jsonlite, shiny, leaflet, base64enc, parallel, knitr, rmarkdown, testthat (≥ 3.0.0) |
| Published: | 2026-03-20 |
| DOI: | 10.32614/CRAN.package.lakefetch (may not be active yet) |
| Author: | Jeremy Lynch Farrell [aut, cre] |
| Maintainer: | Jeremy Lynch Farrell <farrej2 at rpi.edu> |
| BugReports: | https://github.com/jeremylfarrell/lakefetch/issues |
| License: | MIT + file LICENSE |
| URL: | https://github.com/jeremylfarrell/lakefetch |
| NeedsCompilation: | no |
| Language: | en-US |
| Citation: | lakefetch citation info |
| Materials: | README, NEWS |
| CRAN checks: | lakefetch results |
| Reference manual: | lakefetch.html , lakefetch.pdf |
| Vignettes: |
Getting Started with lakefetch (source, R code) Validation of lakefetch Calculations (source, R code) |
| Package source: | lakefetch_0.1.3.tar.gz |
| Windows binaries: | r-devel: not available, r-release: not available, r-oldrel: not available |
| macOS binaries: | r-release (arm64): not available, r-oldrel (arm64): not available, r-release (x86_64): not available, r-oldrel (x86_64): not available |
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