NEWS

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GIFT 1.3.3

Minor changes

• Anemonoides nemorosa instead of Anemone nemorosa in the vignette
• Better explanation for the parameter coordinates in functions GIFT_spatial and GIFT_checklists
• Publication records section added on the Website/Vignettes
• Section added for specific region's phylogeny
• Error message fixed in GIFT_taxgroup()

GIFT 1.3.2 (2024-02-27)

Minor changes

• Better description of entity_ID argument in GIFT_spatial
• Example added in GIFT_spatial
• Main vignette: detail added regarding the version of GIFT used for the species distribution, packages edited in the beginning
• Function check_query() added in the check_functions and implemented in GITT_env_meta_raster() and GIFT_env_meta_misc()

GIFT 1.3.1 (2024-01-09)

Minor changes

• Better message in GIFT_env with missing raster/misc
• Citation updated in all functions and Readme

GIFT 1.3.0 (2023-11-20)

• Better handling of functions when the Internet or the GIFT server are down

Minor changes

• Example changed in GIFT_phylogeny()

GIFT 1.2.0 (2023-08-17)

• GIFT_version = "latest" now corresponds to GIFT 3.0
• GIFT_spatial(): provided shapefiles are re-projected in case they have a missing CRS or if it does not correspond to WGS84
• GIFT_phylogeny(): error message if GIFT_version < 3.0
• All vignettes enhanced and improved

Minor changes

• Documentation improved for GIFT_coverage(), GIFT_env()

GIFT 1.1.0 (2023-06-20)

• Check for internet connection, misspecified APIs and GIFT server response in each function
• GIFT_traits() fixed. Previously, when querying multiple traits in a different order than the one used in our metadata table, the number of downloads could have been incorrect.
• All vignettes enhanced and improved

Minor changes

• New options in GIFT_overlap()
• Outputs of GIFT_lists() and GIFT_regions() numeric
• Edits in the help of functions

GIFT 1.0.0 (2023-03-15)

• First CRAN release
• Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package