Remove documentation links to USAboundariesData

Author: lmullen

R/data-doc.R

@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 #' low-resolution contemporary state boundaries. Other census boundary files are
 #' provided by and documented in the USAboundariesData package.
 #' @seealso For citations for the other Census boundary files provided by the
-#'   USAboundariesData package, see this help page:
-#'   \code{\link[USAboundariesData]{census_boundaries}}.
+#'   USAboundariesData package, see the \code{census_boundaries} documentation
+#'   in that package.
 "states_contemporary_lores"

R/us_congressional.R

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 #' @return An \code{sf} object.
 #'
 #' @seealso For documentation of and citation to the underlying shapefiles for
-#'   contemporary data from the U.S. Census Bureau, see
-#'   \code{\link[USAboundariesData]{census_boundaries}}.
+#'   contemporary data from the U.S. Census Bureau, see the
+#'   \code{census_boundaries} help file in the USAboundariesData package.
 #'
 #' @examples
 #' if (require(USAboundariesData) && require(sf)) {

R/us_counties.R

@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@
 #' @return An \code{sf} object.
 #'
 #' @seealso For documentation of and citation to the underlying shapefiles for
-#'   contemporary data from the U.S. Census Bureau, see
-#'   \code{\link[USAboundariesData]{census_boundaries}}. For documentation of
-#'   and citation to the underlying shapefiles for historical data from the
-#'   Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, see \code{\link[USAboundariesData]{ahcb_boundaries}}.
+#'   contemporary data from the U.S. Census Bureau, see the
+#'   \code{census_boundaries} help file in the USAboundariesData package. For
+#'   documentation of and citation to the underlying shapefiles for historical
+#'   data from the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, see the
+#'   \code{ahcb_boundaries} help file in the USAboundariesData package.
 #'
 #' @examples
 #' if (require(USAboundariesData) && require(sf)) {

R/us_states.R

@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 #' @return An \code{sf} object.
 #'
 #' @seealso For documentation of and citation to the underlying shapefiles for
-#'   contemporary data from the U.S. Census Bureau, see
-#'   \code{\link[USAboundariesData]{census_boundaries}}. For documentation of
-#'   and citation to the underlying shapefiles for historical data from the
-#'   Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, see
-#'   \code{\link[USAboundariesData]{ahcb_boundaries}}.
+#'   contemporary data from the U.S. Census Bureau, see \code{census_boundaries}
+#'   documentation in the USAboundariesData package. For documentation of and
+#'   citation to the underlying shapefiles for historical data from the Atlas of
+#'   Historical County Boundaries, see the \code{ahcb_boundaries} documentation
+#'   in the USAboundariesData package.
 #'
 #' @examples
 #' contemporary_us <- us_states()

R/us_zipcodes.R

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 #' Zip Code Tabulation Areas (contemporary)
 #'
 #' Get the current (2016) centroids for U.S Zipcode Tabulation Areas from the
-#' U.S. Census Bureau. The centroids were calculated from the ZCTA boundary files available on the U.S. Census Bureau website.
+#' U.S. Census Bureau. The centroids were calculated from the ZCTA boundary
+#' files available on the U.S. Census Bureau website.
 #'
 #' @return An \code{sf} object.
 #'
 #' @seealso For documentation of and citation to the underlying shapefiles for
-#'   contemporary data from the U.S. Census Bureau, see
-#'   \code{\link[USAboundariesData]{census_boundaries}}.
+#'   contemporary data from the U.S. Census Bureau, see the
+#'   \code{census_boundaries} documentation in the USAboundariesData package.
 #'
 #' @examples
 #' if (require(USAboundariesData)) {

cran-comments.md

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 This is an updated version of the 'USAboundaries' package from version 0.2.0 to version 0.3.0. 
 
+Following a suggestion from CRAN maintainers, documentation links to the USAboundariesData package have been removed.
+
 ## Test environments
 
 * local OS X install, R 3.4.0