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Source: NEWS.md

gbif.range 1.6.3

  • Added pkgdown website.
  • Added Part 0 vignette “Getting Started” with pre-computed figures.
  • Updated all vignettes with pre-computed figures.
  • Updated README.md.
  • Updated parameters in get_gbif() and get_status().

gbif.range 1.6.2

  • Updated examples and documentation.
  • Updated vignettes.
  • Updated get_status().
  • Corrected example issues and code incompatibility.

gbif.range 1.6.1

gbif.range 1.6.0

  • Updated get_gbif() with new backend support (method argument: "occ_search", "occ_download", "aws") and improved print messages.
  • Added disk-based batch workflow for large multi-species GBIF exports: split_gbif_by_species(), species_csvs_to_ranges(), read_range_rds().
  • Added Collate field to DESCRIPTION for explicit R file load ordering.
  • Added three focused workflow vignettes.
  • Updated README.md with Vignettes section.

gbif.range 1.5.3

gbif.range 1.5.2

  • Added area_data: bundled dataset of gbif.range- vs. IUCN-derived range area estimates, added alongside new examples mirroring the draft paper plots.
  • Updated test routine.
  • Updated get_status().

gbif.range 1.5.1

  • Clarified taxonomic harmonization in get_gbif() documentation.
  • Updated gbif.range Rd.

gbif.range 1.5.0

  • Polished documentation and CI.
  • Updated evaluation functions and examples.
  • Added get_gbif_count(): estimate record volume before downloading.

gbif.range 1.4.7

  • Added package-level help page.
  • Updated get_gbif().
  • Used && in GBIF status checks.
  • Updated .gitignore and README.md.

gbif.range 1.4.0

  • Added evaluate_range(): validate range maps against independent distribution data (SDMs, IUCN polygons) with precision, sensitivity, specificity, and TSS.
  • Added cv_range(): cross-validate a get_range() output against its own occurrence data using spatial or random folds.
  • Added make_blocks(): split observations into balanced random or spatially structured folds for cross-validation workflows.
  • Added area_data: bundled dataset of gbif.range- vs. IUCN-derived range area estimates for validation examples.
  • Added internal helper functions (helpers.R) for argument checking and shared utilities across functions.
  • Introduced formal R5 reference classes getRange and getGBIF (classes.R) to store function outputs with their original arguments.
  • Added check_and_get_ecoreg() and get_ecoreg() as helpers for ecoregion download and caching.

gbif.range 1.1.0

  • Added make_ecoreg(): build custom ecoregion layers from environmental rasters via k-means clustering.
  • Moved dependencies from Depends to Imports for cleaner namespace handling.
  • Added sf and cluster as dependencies.
  • Expanded get_range() with additional ecoregion flexibility and resolution control via the res argument.

gbif.range 1.0.0

  • First stable release under the name gbif.range on GitHub.
  • Full migration from raster to terra (SpatRaster/SpatVector compatibility).
  • Renamed get_taxonomy() to get_status(): added IUCN Red List status retrieval and infra-specific taxa (subspecies, varieties) lookup.
  • Introduced formal S4/R5 output objects (getGBIF, getRange) replacing plain list outputs.
  • Improved get_gbif() synonym handling and tiling robustness.
  • Added read_ecoreg() and ecoreg_list for bundled ecoregion management.

gbif.range 0.2.0

  • Renamed package from wsl.gbif to gbif.range.
  • Added get_range(): ecoregion-constrained species range inference.
  • Added conv_function(): internal polygon builder used by get_range().
  • Added get_taxonomy() (later renamed get_status()): GBIF backbone taxonomy inspection including accepted names and synonyms.
  • Expanded get_gbif() with dynamic moving-window tiling for > 100,000 records and improved synonym-aware downloads.
  • Added ClusterR, FNN, geometry, mclust, and rgeos as dependencies.