'pathtimema' attribute in get_nhdplus()

[joshualerickson]

Hey Dave, more of a question but curious what pathtimema is within the output in get_nhdplus()? Thanks!

[dblodgett-usgs]

Asked around and it sounds like that may be the same as the TOTMA as documented here: https://edap-ow-data-commons.s3.amazonaws.com/NHDPlusV21/Data/NationalData/0Release_Notes_NationalData_Seamless_GeoDatabase.pdf

Looking at the data, those two are all different values. So 🤷‍♂️ Will keep asking.

[joshualerickson]

Thanks. Yeah thought that was strange too…

[dblodgett-usgs]

@joshualerickson -- I heard from a colleague that it is an oversight in the documentation.

PathTimeMA is the time in days it takes to get from your current location to the end of the network.

[joshualerickson]

Ahhhh, ok that makes more sense. Thanks!

[Conor1980]

PathTimeMA is the time in days it takes to get from your current location to the end of the network. —The variable was added to the NHDPlusV2 somewhat last minute but not documented in the NHDPlusV2 users manual.

I just opened this issue to track this and will get it into some nhdplusTools documentation. #413

Dave L USGS