rworldmap changelog

05/10/2012 (1.02)
*rwmGetISO3.r removed test code after function def. that stopped installation, thanks to Brian Ripley
*countrySynonyms added extra synonyms

01/10/2012 (1.01)
Changed country polygon boundaries to data derived from Natural Earth
Added country synonym matching for user data
*countriesHigh : added access from getMap() to higher resolution vector boundaries in companion package rworldxtra
*countrySynonyms : added data file to aid in matching countries in user data to those in maps
*joinCountryData2Map : when using joinCode='NAME' option it matches synonyms
*joinCountryData2Map : Deprecated use of ‘projection’
*mapBubbles : now copes with no nameZColour or nameZColour='blue' etc.
*mapCountryData stopped it crashing when given a categorical dataset
*mapCountryData added usePolypath=FALSE to plot commands to avoid polypath error, needs sp version >= 0.9-101
*coastsCoarse added a coasts only vector map from Natural Earth to replace reliance on maps package in mapGriddedData
Changed vignette figures from pdf to png to reduce size
Removed small bit of offending code from vignettes following email from Brian Ripley
Moved this ChangeLog to main package folder and removed .txt from name


24/4/2012 (0.1310)
Added this changelog to the inst/doc folder
vignette source moved to vignettes folder as suggested at R2.14.0
in vignettes word wrap issues in R code resolved.
Added barplotCountryData()


26/2/2012 (0.1300)
Built under R2.14, and using options to compress files
Polygon holes in country maps fixed using rgeos package (thanks to Karl Ove Hufthammer for outlining how to solve this problem). 


14/2/2011 (0.1211)
removed Rplots.pdf from the inst/doc/ folder

 
18/12/2010 (0.121)
added dependencies for fields, spam & maps


13/12/2010 (0.120)
correcting problem with category colours in mapGriddedData()

 
30/8/2010  (0.110)
There was a problem that eezMap.rda didn’t have a man page, I made the man page but removed both for now until I get permission from VLIZ to use it.

 
03/02/2010
Added option to pass ‘array’ or ‘matrix’ to mapGriddedData 
Corrected bug in mapGriddedData(addBorders='coasts') 

  

03/01/2010
Initial submission.