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GDELTtools (version 1.2)

Download, slice, and normalize GDELT data

Description

The GDELT data set is over 60 GB now and growing 100 MB a month. The number of source articles has increased over time and unevenly across countries. This package makes it easy to download a subset of that data, then normalize that data to facilitate valid time series analysis.

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Install

install.packages('GDELTtools')

Monthly Downloads

249

Version

1.2

License

MIT + file LICENSE

Maintainer

Stephen Haptonstahl

Last Published

February 27th, 2014

Functions in GDELTtools (1.2)

GetGDELT

Download and subset GDELT data
NormEventCounts

Scale event counts
GDELTtools

Download, slice, and normalize GDELT data
GetAllOfGDELT

Download all the GDELT files to a local folder