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\name{get_ssurgo}
\alias{get_ssurgo}
\title{Download and crop data from the NRCS SSURGO soils database.}
\usage{
get_ssurgo(template, label, raw.dir = "./RAW/SSURGO/",
  extraction.dir = paste0("./EXTRACTIONS/", label, "/SSURGO/"),
  force.redo = FALSE)
}
\arguments{
\item{template}{A Raster* or Spatial* object to serve 
as a template for cropping; optionally, a vector of area names [e.g., c("IN087","IN088")] may be provided.}

\item{label}{A character string naming the study area.}

\item{raw.dir}{A character string indicating where raw downloaded files should be put.
The directory will be created if missing. Defaults to "./RAW/SSURGO/".}

\item{extraction.dir}{A character string indicating where the extracted and cropped SSURGO shapefiles should be put.
The directory will be created if missing. Defaults to "./EXTRACTIONS/SSURGO/".}

\item{force.redo}{If an extraction for this template and label already exists, should a new one be created? Defaults to FALSE.}
}
\value{
A named list containing the "spatial" and "tabular" data.
}
\description{
This is an efficient method for spatially merging several different soil survey areas
as well as merging their tabular data.
}
\details{
\code{get_ssurgo} returns a named list of length 2:
\enumerate{
\item "spatial": A \code{SpatialPolygonsDataFrame} of soil mapunits 
in the template, and 
\item "tabular": A named list of \code{\link{data.frame}s} with the SSURGO tabular data.
}
}
\examples{
\dontrun{
# Extract data for the Village Ecodynamics Project "VEPIIN" study area:
# http://village.anth.wsu.edu
vepPolygon <- polygon_from_extent(raster::extent(672800,740000,4102000,4170000), 
     proj4string="+proj=utm +datum=NAD83 +zone=12")

# Get the NRCS SSURGO data (USA ONLY)
SSURGO.VEPIIN <- get_ssurgo(template=vepPolygon, label="VEPIIN")

# Plot the VEP polygon
plot(vepPolygon)

# Plot the SSURGO mapunit polygons
plot(SSURGO.VEPIIN$spatial, lwd=0.1, add=T)

# Or, download by Soil Survey Area names
SSURGO.areas <- get_ssurgo(template=c("CO670","CO075"), label="CO_TEST")

# Let's just look at spatial data for CO675
SSURGO.areas.CO675 <- SSURGO.areas$spatial[SSURGO.areas$spatial$AREASYMBOL=="CO075",]

# And get the NED data under them for pretty plotting
NED.CO675 <- get_ned(template=SSURGO.areas.CO675, label="SSURGO_CO675")

# Plot the SSURGO mapunit polygons, but only for CO675
plot(NED.CO675)
plot(SSURGO.areas.CO675, lwd=0.1, add=T)
}
}