Deprecated: GeoMAC was decomissioned in May 2020

You can still retrieve data from 2010-2019 using this code

For current data, take a look at getNIFC

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getGeoMAC - Get a snapshot of GeoMAC data in TopoJSON format

This utility retrieves a collection of fire perimeter files published by GeoMAC in .shp format and converts them to TopoJSON. All properties are preserved. The utility collects all individual perimeter files for a every fire and combines them into a single TopoJSON file per fire.

The utility also produces a JSON summary file with a list of all fires processed.

Percentage of forest land is calculated by intersecting the area of the last perimeter file with a GeoJSON shape of the forest land to intersect with (this functionality can be ignored).

In addition, elevation data is added to the location of each fire in the summary file (this step can be skipped).

Usage:
  node getGeoMAC.js [OPTIONS] [ARGS]

  Options:
    -s, --state [STRING]   State (Default is Oregon)
    -y, --year [STRING]    Year (Default is current_year)
    -d, --dest [FILE]      Destination directory (Default is rcwildfires-data)
    -f, --forest [STRING]  Url of forestland GeoJSON (or "ignore") (Default is https://stable-data.oregonhowl.org/oregon/forestland.json)
    -v, --verbose BOOLEAN  Verbose logging
    -n, --noelev BOOLEAN   Skip elevation data
    -h, --help             Display help and usage details

Examples:

Get current year data for the state of Oregon

node getGeoMAC.js

Get current year data for the state of California

node getGeoMAC.js -s California -f https://example.com/california/forestland.json

Get current year data for the state of California, ignore forestland

node getGeoMAC.js -s California -f ignore

Get 2017 data for the state of Oregon

node getGeoMAC.js -y 2017

Get 2017 data for the state of California and save the data in the 'test' directory

node getGeoMAC.js -y 2017 -s California -d test