Environment configuration (ff_environment)

After installing the ForestForesight package, the first thing we recommend doing is to configure your environment. The package provides an interactive setup function called ff_environment() that will guide you through this process.

Simply run:

This will launch an interactive prompt that walks you through setting up important parameters like:

• Your earliest data processing date

• Default ground truth pattern (1, 3, 6, or 12 months)

• Forest mask settings

• Local data storage location

• Logging preferences

The configuration will be saved to:

• Windows: %APPDATA%/forestforesight/config.yml

• Unix/Mac: ~/.forestforesight/config.yml

If you need to change any settings later, you can either:

• Run ff_environment() again and reconfigure everything

• Directly edit the config.yml file in your configuration directory

That's it! Once you've completed the configuration, you're ready to start using ForestForesight's other functions.