NEWS.md
wdpa_fetch() to use the chromote package to handle web scrapping (instead of webdriver).wdpa_fetch() so that it can download country-level data in either shapefile or file geodatabase format (using the new datatype parameter). Since file geodatabase data appears to be more robust, wdpa_fetch() now defaults to downloading data in file geodatabase format.wdpa_clean() to standardize column names so that cleaning either shapefile or file geodatabase data results in the same output.wdpa_clean() so that it removes leading/trailing white space characters from the "MANG_PLAN" field.wdpa_read() that causes output objects to contain no columns.st_erase_overlaps() not correctly removing overlaps when a protected area are completely contained within another (#73).wdpa_clean() to be more robust (#68).wdpa_fetch() when PhantomJS is not installed (#63).wdpa_fetch() documentation to provide information on out of date warnings (#59).wdpa_fetch() warnings to be more descriptive and use the cli package for consistent alert messages.wdpa_fetch() function to use the webdriver package for obtaining data (replacing Rselenium package as a dependency) (#63).st_repair_geometry() to be more robust.st_repair_geometry() function.wdpa_clean() function.read_sf_n to import data faster.wdpa_clean to format the PA_DEF column to indicate if each area is a protected area (per IUCN and CBD protected area definitions) or an other effective area-based conservation measure (OECM).wdpa_fetch with new check_version argument to specify if the version of cached data should be checked against the latest version available online.wdpa_clean to not throw an unnecessary and confusing warning message when attempting to clean data that do not contain any valid polygon geometries.wdpa_read to ensure that all data from global database. This is a bug previously meant that protected areas denoted with polygon geometry data were not imported. It is strongly recommended that users double check processed versions of the global database to verify correctness.inst/scripts/global-example-script.R)st_repair_geometry function to repair geometry using a combination of sf::st_make_valid and prepr::st_prepair. This function is now used by the wdpa_clean function to augment data cleaning procedures.wdpa_url and wdpa_fetch to have a page_wait parameter to specify the wait time for loading web pages when finding the download URLs for datasets (#39).wdpa_clean to provide better information when cleaning data.wdpa_dissolve function to dissolve geometries together (#22).wdpa_url function to be compatible with changes on https://www.protectedplanet.net/en for downloading country-level datasets.wdpa_fetch function to conform with CRAN policies. Specifically, data are now always saved in a temporary directory by default.wdpa_url function to be compatible with changes on https://www.protectedplanet.net/en.wdpa_read function to be compatible with new global dataset format.st_erase_overlaps function to be more resilient against topology errors (#33).wdpa_clean function with new retain_status parameter to specify which protected areas should be retained during the cleaning process (#33). Defaults to a character vector containing "Designated", "Inscribed", "Established" to indicate that protected areas with these status (i.e. per "STATUS" column) are retained. Thus the default behavior from previous versions remains unchanged.wdpa_clean with new exclude_unesco parameter to specify if UNESCO Biosphere Reserves should be included (#33). Defaults to TRUE such that default behavior remains unchanged from previous versions.wdpa_read function to be compatible with changes to global dataset (#31).wdpa_fetch function to be compatible with changes to Protected Planet website for downloading global dataset.wdpa_read so that it is compatible with the new data format provided by https://www.protectedplanet.net/en.st_erase_overlaps so that overlapping geometries are clearly shown.--run-donttest).st_erase_overlaps so that it is more robust to geometry issues.lwgeom package version 0.2-3 (#24).lwgeom and sf package version requirements.wdpa_clean function now returns an empty result (i.e. sf object with zero rows) for countries that do not have any protected areas represented by spatially valid non-empty geometries (e.g. Somalia in February 2020, #19).wdpa_clean so that it works with a single protected area.st_erase_overlaps.wdpa_clean so that it works with shapefiles that do not have geometry stored in the geometry column (e.g. global data).st_erase_overlaps so that it has a higher success rate for really invalid geometries (e.g. protected areas for Gabon).Summary: ElementNotVisible bug (#8).wdpa_fetch when force = TRUE.wdpa_clean documentation (#5; @rungec).wdpa_clean help page, regarding the buffering of point localities.