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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion R/get.R
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#' YYMMDD (e.g. "200101"). The complete list of all available historic files
#' for a given extract can be browsed from the Geofabrik website (e.g.
#' <https://download.geofabrik.de/europe/italy.html> and then click on 'raw
#' directory index').
#' directory index'). Note: the geographical coverage of an extract may
#' change over time. For example, recent (2021+) extracts for Barcelona are
#' at the regional level (cataluna), while older (2012-2021) extracts are at
#' the national level (spain).
#' @param download_directory Directory to store the file containing OSM data?.
#' @param force_download Should the `.osm.pbf` file be updated even if it has
#' already been downloaded? `FALSE` by default. This parameter is used to
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion vignettes/osmextract.Rmd
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### Matching historical OSM extracts

Starting from `osmextract` v0.5.2, the `version` argument can be used to match historical OSM extracts stored by Geofabrik provider. The default value is `"latest"` which corresponds to the most recent OSM extract. Other values can be specified using the format `"YYMMDD"`. The available extracts for each zone can be browsed from Geofabrik [website](https://download.geofabrik.de/).
Starting from `osmextract` v0.5.2, the `version` argument can be used to match historical OSM extracts stored by Geofabrik provider. The default value is `"latest"` which corresponds to the most recent OSM extract. Other values can be specified using the format `"YYMMDD"`. The available extracts for each zone can be browsed from Geofabrik [website](https://download.geofabrik.de/). Note that the geographical coverage of an extract may change over time. For example, recent (2021+) extracts for Barcelona are at the regional level (cataluna), while older (2012-2021) extracts are at the national level (spain).

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