def cached_path(url_or_filename: Union[str, Path], cache_dir: str = None) -> str:
    """
    Given something that might be a URL (or might be a local path),
    determine which. If it's a URL, download the file and cache it, and
    return the path to the cached file. If it's already a local path,
    make sure the file exists and then return the path.
    """
    if cache_dir is None:
        cache_dir = CACHE_DIRECTORY
    if isinstance(url_or_filename, Path):
        url_or_filename = str(url_or_filename)

    url_or_filename = os.path.expanduser(url_or_filename)
    parsed = urlparse(url_or_filename)

    if parsed.scheme in ('http', 'https', 's3'):
        # URL, so get it from the cache (downloading if necessary)
        return get_from_cache(url_or_filename, cache_dir)
    elif os.path.exists(url_or_filename):
        # File, and it exists.
        return url_or_filename
    elif parsed.scheme == '':
        # File, but it doesn't exist.
        raise FileNotFoundError("file {} not found".format(url_or_filename))
    else:
        # Something unknown
        raise ValueError("unable to parse {} as a URL or as a local path".format(url_or_filename))