Make a rectangular Echoview region (EVR) file.

Source: R/makeRectRegion.R

This function creates a rectangular (2D) Echoview region file. The function can add regions to an existing EVR file.

makeRectRegion(dateStart, timeStart, dateStop, timeStop, minDepth = 0,
  maxDepth, outPathFn, regionClassName, regionType, append = FALSE)

Arguments

dateStart

date stamp for the start of the region (yyymmdd)
timeStart

time stamp for the start of the region (hhmmss)
dateStop

date stamp for the end of the region (yyymmdd)
timeStop

time stamp for the end of the region (hhmmss)
minDepth

=0 Minimum depth for the region
maxDepth

maximum depth for the region
outPathFn

output parth and filename.
regionClassName

region class name
regionType

region Type (integer)
append

= FALSE should be region be added to the EVR file given in outPathFn

Value

list: $msg messages from the function call $exportFLAG Boolean TRUE EVR file created or added. FALSE otherwise

Details

Region types supported by Echoview: 0 = bad (no data); 1 = analysis; "2" = marker; 3 = fishtracks, and 4 = bad (empty water)

References

http://support.echoview.com/WebHelp/Echoview.htm/

Examples

# NOT RUN {
makeRectRegion(dateStart='20170815',timeStart='001525',
dateStop='20170815',timeStop='001738',
minDepth=20,maxDepth=100,
outPathFn='~/test2.evr',
regionClassName='ctd',append=FALSE)
# }