NEWS

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litteR 1.0.0 (2022-08-26)

• updated existing type files
• added top 10 of litter types for each location and region
• updated the manual based on user inputs

litteR 0.9.1 (2021-09-21)

• minor updates to vignette (cover page and DOI)

litteR 0.9.0 (2021-09-08)

• added regional Kendall for trend analysis
• y-axis in plots can now be truncated to improve interpretation
• updated user manual
• added tests

litteR 0.8.2 (2020-10-10)

• make litteR robust for duplicated dates
• explicitly added .groups to summarise()

litteR 0.8.1 (2020-07-04)

• added checks for write access and non permissible path names
• improved some error and warning messages
• having duplicated spatial_code/date is no longer an error but a warning. This makes spatial aggregation more convenient.
• in type file: renamed WAXPOL group to WAX

litteR 0.8.0 (2020-06-12)

• simplified version with breaking changes
• added outlier analysis
• added separate litter group analysis section plus figures
• added log-file and more quality control
• dropped baseline analysis and power analysis
• updated manual
• simplified settings files
• simplified input files

litteR 0.7.0 (2019-12-09)

• added new litter types to OSPAR-groups file
• from now on the line ending of the settings file (YAML) is CR/LF to facilitate MS-Windows users on poor text editors
• changed 'litter_types' to 'litter_types_groups' in settings file both are currently valid for backward compatibility.
• refinement of some warning and error messages
• minor improvements of the documentation

litteR 0.6.6 (2019-11-25)

• added wax and 'other polutants' to 'ospar-groups.csv'
• updated documentation
• better error message in case no data are available due to date selection

litteR 0.6.5 (2019-10-22)

• added a section to the manual on how to load (attach) litteR for users less familiar with R.

litteR 0.6.4 (2019-10-17)

• minor textual corrections to please CRAN

litteR 0.6.3

• Added installation guide (vignette)

litteR 0.6.2 (2019-10-07)

• Added 'Faeces: In_bags [121]' (SUP) to ospar-groups.csv

litteR 0.6.1

• Various textual inprovements in tutorial

litteR 0.6.0

• Assessment analysis has been removed.
• Various textual inprovements

litteR 0.5.0

• GUI-improvements: now only the data file is needed. The settings file is now always named 'settings.yaml' and the name of the group-file should be given in the settings file.
• added check on column delimiter in CSV-input files (needs to be a comma)
• now also ISO 8601:2004 dates (YYYY-mm-dd) are allowed in the OSPAR data format
• added additional error messages in case type names are missing in the group file and vice versa
• upgraded to tidyr 1.0.0

litteR 0.4.2

• improved error messages in case litter types and/or groups can't be found
• minor additions to the package vignette
• added Theil-Sen intercept tot output file with summary statistics.
• added start up messages

litteR 0.4.1 (2019-07-26)

• initial release on CRAN