Get station details from a provided (partial) name

Usage

get_station_by_name(station)

Arguments

station: A (partial) name of a station. Will be truncated to 10 characters. Wildcard searching can be performed with * or _

Value

A data frame listing all stations that matched the input text.

Examples

# Search by name
get_station_by_name("Brisbane")
#>      ID                       Name Latitude Longitude State Elevation
#> 1 40140                MT BRISBANE  -27.149   152.578   QLD     100.0
#> 2 40214   BRISBANE REGIONAL OFFICE  -27.478   153.031   QLD      38.0
#> 3 40215 BRISBANE BOTANICAL GARDENS  -27.483   153.033   QLD      15.0
#> 4 40216      BRISBANE SHOW GROUNDS  -27.451   153.033   QLD      16.0
#> 5 40223              BRISBANE AERO  -27.418   153.114   QLD       4.0
#> 6 40842              BRISBANE AERO  -27.392   153.129   QLD       4.5
#> 7 40913                   BRISBANE  -27.481   153.039   QLD       8.1

# Find a specific station
get_station_by_name("Adel (Waite)")
#>      ID                       Name Latitude Longitude State Elevation
#> 1 23031 ADELAIDE (WAITE INSTITUTE)   -34.97   138.633    SA       115

# Will return any stations containing "botanic", "botanical" or "botany"
get_station_by_name("botan*")
#>       ID                                     Name Latitude Longitude State
#> 1  14163                   DARWIN BOTANIC GARDENS  -12.440   130.838    NT
#> 2  40215               BRISBANE BOTANICAL GARDENS  -27.483   153.033   QLD
#> 3  66006                   SYDNEY BOTANIC GARDENS  -33.866   151.216   NSW
#> 4  66007                          BOTANY NO.1 DAM  -33.933   151.217   NSW
#> 5  70247 CANBERRA (AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL BOTANIC GA  -35.278   149.109   NSW
#> 6  86232              MELBOURNE BOTANICAL GARDENS  -37.831   144.984   VIC
#> 7  86375               CRANBOURNE BOTANIC GARDENS  -38.135   145.264   VIC
#> 8  89001               BALLARAT BOTANICAL GARDENS  -37.549   143.819   VIC
#> 9  90023                  COLAC BOTANICAL GARDENS  -38.300   143.600   VIC
#> 10 94030                 HOBART BOTANICAL GARDENS  -42.867   147.332   TAS
#>    Elevation
#> 1       15.2
#> 2       15.0
#> 3       15.0
#> 4        6.1
#> 5      585.0
#> 6       29.0
#> 7       85.0
#> 8      456.0
#> 9      133.2
#> 10      27.0