NEWS

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ShapePattern 3.0.1 (2023-08-22)

• Improvements
  • Minor error trapping in ssr() that now provides meaningful feedback.
• Bugfixes
  • Corresponding minor updates to manual pages and code.

ShapePattern 3.0.0 (2023-08-07)

• Improvements
  • Adaptations for retired rgeos and rgdal packages.
  • Transfer reliance to package: terra.
• Bugfixes
  • Minor updates to manual pages and code.
  • Removed some old commented code to clean scripts.
• Retire
  • Retired batchssr() that are not necessary given the simplicity with which ssr() can be called in a loop.
  • Retired shpsplitter() as it was a niche tool used infrequently and it forces the data to be brought into ssr() clean, rather than rely on the tool to attempt to handle exceptions.

ShapePattern 2.2.0 (2021-12-10)

• Improvements
  • Removal of as.vector() calls to data.frames as per new CRAN requirements.
• Bugfixes
  • Minor updates to manual pages and code.
  • Removed some old commented code.
  • Moved some console feedback to warning() calls.
  • Fixed some index references that used integers to column names.

ShapePattern 2.1.0 (2020-04-27)

• Improvements
  • Inclusion of 'porosity()' function that provides the functionality of Remmel (2018), fully implemented in R and not relying on ArcGIS or Python.
  • Manual page included for 'porosity()'.
  • Added a small test raster, 'rst', in the 'data' supplied with this package.
  • New reference (Remmel 2018) added.
  • Changed earlier incorrect reference to Remmel (2018) to Remmel (2015).
  • Keeping pace with updated build of 'raster' package requiring R version 3.6.2
• Bugfixes
  • Minor updates to manual pages and code.

ShapePattern 2.0.4 (2020-04-09)

• Improvements
  • 'patternbits()' function to handle toroidal and non-toroidal grids is now working.
  • 'patternbits()' function now also handles grids whose number of rows and columns may differ.
  • Manual pages updated.
  • New reference (Remmel 2020) added.
  • Included a NEWS page to list updates.
• Bugfixes
  • Minor clean-up of code.

ShapePattern 2.0.3 (2020-04-02)

• Bugfixes
  • Fixed manual and description pages that provided outdated information.

ShapePattern 2.0.2 (2020-03-15)

• Improvements
  • Major bringing together of the origianl ShapePattern and PatternClass packages under this umbrella.
  • Included 'patternbits()' function, though some functionality is not fully operational.

ShapePattern 1.0.1 (2016-10-26)

• Improvements
  • Updates to manual pages.
• Bugfixes
  • Fix examples and clear warnings.

ShapePattern 1.0 (2016-04-27)

• First submission to CRAN.