Data retrieval

[AdamRJensen]

I suppose the guide is missing a very basic page on "how to get data", just a simple demonstration on how to use pvlib and a link to where one can obtain an API key.

[kandersolar]

My original plan for this project was to only document things that cannot be found elsewhere (although I see I have weakened it "not necessarily"...):

Rather, it is a user-developed effort to document and demonstrate aspects of the PSM3 dataset and web API that are not necessarily documented anywhere else

It seemed like a good idea to me in part because I don't see much value in duplicating info from the pvlib & NSRDB API docs, and in part because I didn't want to be responsible for maintaining any more information than I had to. But I am open to changing that stance now that the project has opened up. What do you think @AdamRJensen?

[AdamRJensen]

Now that it's public I could easily that 90% of people stumbling upon the guide, are just looking for the very basics. So it seems a bit silly to not ever show how to get the data. It can be a very simple half-page description. Otherwise, I'm happy to keep the scope as is.

[kandersolar]

I have been thinking of organizing the pages into related topics, for example the details of the solar position calculation would be in a different section from the API rate limits. So perhaps there could be a section on the basics or "getting started" or something, and it could point readers to the more official documentation as well. That sounds okay to me!