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+#' Table with default paths to commonly used spatial input files
+#'
+#' @description
+#' This dataset contains path names to commonly-used spatial data files. Given that
+#' those files are usually quite large, we here only describe where to find them internally
+#' and not upload the data itself.
+#' Medium-long-term this could be improved by relying on github LFS systems or our own gitlab
+#' instance.
+#'
+#' @details
+#' The file has the following columns:
+#'
+#' [*] 'drive': The path to drive where the data is stored (Default: \code{'P:/bnr/'}). Can be system dependent (Windows/Linux).
+#' [*] 'access': A non-structured field containing the list of people that have access (for example \code{'IBF'} or \code{'bnr'}).
+#' [*] 'group': A field entry describing to what this file belongs to (i.e. \code{"EPIC"}).
+#' [*] 'filename': The actual filename
+#'
+#' @note
+#' To update or overwrite, load the file and update, then apply
+#' \code{usethis::use_data(bnr_datapaths, overwrite = TRUE) }.
+#'
+#' @format A [data.frame] containing paths to key spatial data sources.
+#' @source Manually updated and curated by BNR researchers
+"bnr_datapaths"
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+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/data.R
+\docType{data}
+\name{bnr_datapaths}
+\alias{bnr_datapaths}
+\title{Table with default paths to commonly used spatial input files}
+\format{
+A \link{data.frame} containing paths to key spatial data sources.
+}
+\source{
+Manually updated and curated by BNR researchers
+}
+\usage{
+bnr_datapaths
+}
+\description{
+This dataset contains path names to commonly-used spatial data files. Given that
+those files are usually quite large, we here only describe where to find them internally
+and not upload the data itself.
+Medium-long-term this could be improved by relying on github LFS systems or our own gitlab
+instance.
+}
+\details{
+The file has the following columns:
+
+\link{*} 'drive': The path to drive where the data is stored (Default: \code{'P:/bnr/'}). Can be system dependent (Windows/Linux).
+\link{*} 'access': A non-structured field containing the list of people that have access (for example \code{'IBF'} or \code{'bnr'}).
+\link{*} 'group': A field entry describing to what this file belongs to (i.e. \code{"EPIC"}).
+\link{*} 'filename': The actual filename
+}
+\note{
+To update or overwrite, load the file and update, then apply
+\code{usethis::use_data(bnr_datapaths, overwrite = TRUE) }.
+}
+\keyword{datasets}