Tools for Spell Checking in R

Spell checking common document formats including latex, markdown, manual pages, and description files. Includes utilities to automate checking of documentation and vignettes as a unit test during 'R CMD check'. Both British and American English are supported out of the box and other languages can be added. In addition, packages may define a 'wordlist' to allow custom terminology without having to abuse punctuation.

Generate Raster Images from QuadKey-Identified Datasets

A set of functions of increasing complexity allows users to (1) convert QuadKey-identified datasets, based on 'Microsoft's Bing Maps Tile System', into Simple Features data frames, (2) transform Simple Features data frames into rasters, and (3) process multiple 'Meta' ('Facebook') QuadKey-identified human mobility files directly into raster files. For more details, see D’Andrea et al. (2024) .

Interface to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility API

A programmatic interface to the Web Service methods provided by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF; < https://www.gbif.org/developer/summary>). GBIF is a database of species occurrence records from sources all over the globe. rgbif includes functions for searching for taxonomic names, retrieving information on data providers, getting species occurrence records, getting counts of occurrence records, and using the GBIF tile map service to make rasters summarizing huge amounts of data.

Generate 'CodeMeta' Metadata for R Packages

The 'Codemeta' Project defines a 'JSON-LD' format for describing software metadata, as detailed at < https://codemeta.github.io>. This package provides utilities to generate, parse, and modify 'codemeta.json' files automatically for R packages, as well as tools and examples for working with 'codemeta.json' 'JSON-LD' more generally.

Cast '(R)Markdown' Files to 'XML' and Back Again

Parsing '(R)Markdown' files with numerous regular expressions can be fraught with peril, but it does not have to be this way. Converting '(R)Markdown' files to 'XML' using the 'commonmark' package allows in-memory editing via of 'markdown' elements via 'XPath' through the extensible 'R6' class called 'yarn'. These modified 'XML' representations can be written to '(R)Markdown' documents via an 'xslt' stylesheet which implements an extended version of 'GitHub'-flavoured 'markdown' so that you can tinker to your hearts content.

Querying and Managing Large Biodiversity Occurrence Datasets

Facilitates the gathering of biodiversity occurrence data from disparate sources. Metadata is managed throughout the process to facilitate reporting and enhanced ability to repeat analyses.

World Map Data from Natural Earth

Facilitates mapping by making natural earth map data from < https://www.naturalearthdata.com/> more easily available to R users.

'NOAA' Weather Data from R

Client for many 'NOAA' data sources including the 'NCDC' climate 'API' at < https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/webservices/v2>, with functions for each of the 'API' 'endpoints': data, data categories, data sets, data types, locations, location categories, and stations. In addition, we have an interface for 'NOAA' sea ice data, the 'NOAA' severe weather inventory, 'NOAA' Historical Observing 'Metadata' Repository ('HOMR') data, 'NOAA' storm data via 'IBTrACS', tornado data via the 'NOAA' storm prediction center, and more.

'IUCN' Red List Client

'IUCN' Red List (< https://api.iucnredlist.org/>) client. The 'IUCN' Red List is a global list of threatened and endangered species. Functions cover all of the Red List 'API' routes. An 'API' key is required.

A Smaller 'codemetar' Package

The 'Codemeta' Project defines a 'JSON-LD' format for describing software metadata, as detailed at < https://codemeta.github.io>. This package provides core utilities to generate this metadata with a minimum of dependencies.