Automatically update list of GSOD stations

[fdetsch]

I don't know whether it's possible at all, but it would be desirable to implement a function that allows the user to automatically update the GSOD station inventory (hosted on ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/gsod/isd-history.csv) which is available as a built-in data set named 'gsodstations'. Consequently, there would be no need to release a new package version every time the inventory is updated on the servers.

Thanks @jasonjb82 for the hint!

[jasonjb82]

Florian,

I think the csv file you need to link to get the GSOD inventory is (ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/noaa/isd-history.csv) instead of the one you provided above.

Please refer following link - ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/gsod/ish-history.csv

[fdetsch]

Already implemented in the 'develop' branch and scheduled for the next version release. Have you checked install_github("environmentalinformatics-marburg/GSODTools", ref = "develop") yet? Doesn't solve the question about automatically updating the inventory file, though.