create_spam_folders creates the folder structure that is needed store raw data, processed data and parameters for SPAM.

create_spam_folders(param = NULL)

Arguments

param

Object of type spam_par that bundles all SPAM parameters, including core model folders, alpha-3 country code, year, spatial resolution, most detailed level at which subnational statistics are available, administrative unit level at which the model is solved and type of model.

Details

create_spam_folders creates two folders in the spam_path set by the user: mappings and processed_data, and creates a raw_data folder in the location as set in spam_par. In addition, it copies a number of cvs files into the mappings folder, which contain several data tables that are needed to run the model and, if needed can be adjusted by the user.

Examples

if (FALSE) { create_spam_folders(param) }