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fetchR v2.0-0

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@blasee blasee released this 16 Mar 09:55
· 51 commits to master since this release

Major changes

  • fetchR is now generalised to incorporate SpatialPolyons representing any
    marine location on Earth (#6). As a result, fetchR 2.0 is no longer limited
    to calculating wind fetch within New Zealand coastal areas.

Rewrite the entire algorithm for calculating wind fetch.

  • The rgeos::gBuffer function is used to calculate the end points of the fetch
    vectors at their maximum distance.

  • The interactions between the fetch vectors and the coastlines, or any of the
    polygons, are calculated with the rgeos::gIntersection function as opposed to
    the slow, iterative algorithm used by the package's predecessors.

  • Computation times are dramatically decreased.

Minor changes

Create a vignette for the package; vignette("introduction-to-fetchR").