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README.md

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 All contributors are expected to follow the [Code of Conduct](code_of_conduct.md).
 
 We have archived our older documentation for reference in the [archived_documentation](https://github.com/UCDavisLibrary/ava/tree/master/archived_documentation) folder.
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+## [rcode](rcode) Folder Description
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+1. AVA counties from shapefile.R
+> Purpose: This script is used for producing county field from shapefile (when info is not found in CFR).
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+2. GettingProj4Strings.R (Not in Use)
+> Purpose: This script is used to retrieve proj.4 strings for qgis
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+3. GuenocValley.R (Not in Use)
+> Purpose: This r script takes the compass bearings and distances from the Federal Register Document describing the Guenoc Valley AVA and turns it into a polygon.
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+4. ScrapeRevisionHistories_new.R
+> Purpose: This r script scrapes the ECFR site for the names and revision histories for the AVAs for new AVAs to be digitized.
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+5. StatesFiles.R
+> Purpose: This r script separates AVAs by state to make a .geojson and .shp file set for each state.
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+6. ava_county_update.R
+> Purpose: This r script returns a list of errors in the 'county' column that need to be updated
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+7. check_winding_order.R
+> Purpose: This script checks if the .geojsons in the avas folder are clockwise, and if so reverses them to fit the RFC 7946 standard of exterior rings = counterclockwise
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+8. commas_to_pipes.R
+> Purpose: This r script changes commas to pipes in the county column (can be used in states too, change "county" to "state")
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+9. find bad dates.R
+> Purpose: This r script identifies AVAs with wrong date formats
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+10. fix_contains.R
+> Purpose: This r script replaces commas and deletes state abbr in within/contains columns
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+11. getContributorInfo.R
+> Purpose: This script uses the data frame created in getContributors.R to return some basic analysis such as the unique contributors to the AVA GitHub, a data frame of the number of contributors to each file, and their names.
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+12. getContributors.R
+> Purpose: This script scrapes the GitHub contributors for each file in the avas folder.
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+13. mergeGeoJson.R
+> Purpose: This r script combines all the GeoJSON files in a folder into one file, and then writes it back to the folder.
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+14. set_NAs_to_null.R
+> Purpose: This r script changes N/A to NA.
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+15. visualizations_ava.R
+> Purpose: This r script creates visualizations for the website.