Changelog

Source: NEWS.md

Changes in version 0.1.1

Improvements

• Improvements to the initial parsing routine of fhis dataset; cross-checked with appendix and text content of the guide.

Additions

• Added usage columns "test_symbols" and "test_except_mlra" to fihs dataset indicating where established indicators are being tested

• Added plot_indicator_usage() a terra-based graphical method for visualizing the area of applicability of indicators

• Added lrrmlra dataset containing tabular data describing MLRA and LRR symbols and names

• Added lrrmlra_geometry() and associated cache-management methods for storing the (larger) geometry data associated with lrrmlra in a local GeoPackage file created from the official source data

• Added a vignette showing parsed data and graphics of indicator usage areas

• Added basic unit tests

• Added conversion functions: indicator_to_name(), name_to_indicator(), indicator_to_usesym(), usesym_to_indicator(), lrr_to_mlra(), mlra_to_lrr(), lrr_to_lrrname(), lrrname_to_lrr(), mlra_to_mlraname(), mlraname_to_mlra(), lrrmlra_match(), fihs_match(), usesym_match()

Changes in version 0.1.0

Additions

• Initial parsing of ‘Field Indicators of Hydric Soils in the United States’ and storage as internal package dataset called fhis