NEWS

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OpenLand 1.0.4 (2026-07-01)

Bug Fixes

• fixed global variable binding issue: resolved CRAN NOTE "no visible binding for global variable 'changes'" by properly declaring changes as a global variable used in dplyr operations. This ensures compatibility with current dplyr releases where the deprecated dplyr::changes() function is completely removed (@DavisVaughan, #13)

New Features

• implemented .openland_try_download_and_load_rda() function for graceful dataset loading with informative error messages
• enhanced dataset availability checks in vignette and examples with automatic error recovery

OpenLand 1.0.3 (2024-05-03)

• fixed unit test related to the plot function depending on the ggplot package (@teunbrand, #9)

OpenLand 1.0.2 (2021-11-02)

• if the dataset url is not accessible, the vignette fails gracefully with an informative message without an error
• memory allocation error fixed in contingencyTable() function for when it is used on rasters containing many years/layers or large areas

OpenLand 1.0.1 (2020-04-19)

• fixed summary_map bug

OpenLand 1.0.0 (2020-03-23)

• this is the the first CRAN version
• a newer version may be available on https://github.com/reginalexavier/OpenLand
• to get started, see the package vignette "Quick introduction to the OpenLand package" and the help files
• if you have any questions or suggestions, please contact me (reginalexavier at rocketmail dot com)