
Version 0.5
iRfcb 0.5.0
CRAN release: 2025-04-15
New features
- Added
NEWS.md
to track package changes. - New functions:
-
ifcb_download_dashboard_data()
for fetching data from the WHOI IFCB Dashboard. -
ifcb_download_whoi_plankton()
for downloading WHOI-Plankton PNG datasets. -
ifcb_prepare_whoi_plankton()
to process WHOI data for integration.
-
- New vignette:
vignette("whoi-plankton-data-integration")
. - Python virtual environments can now be automatically activated by setting the
USE_IRFCB_PYTHON
environment variable when loading the package. - Added scale bar support (#42) to:
- Added
gamma
argument toifcb_extract_annotated_images ()
andifcb_extract_classified_images()
for gamma correction. -
ifcb_is_near_land()
:- Now returns a plot if
plot = TRUE
. - Added option to download EEA coastline data using the new argument
source
. - Deprecated the argument
utm_zone
, which is now determined automatically from longitude.
- Now returns a plot if
Minor improvements and fixes
-
ifcb_read_hdr_data()
now correctly handles files from IFCB Acquire 1.x.x.x (#41). -
ifcb_convert_filenames()
is more efficient and now correctly parses filenames like"IFCB1_2010_309_192918"
(#40). - The default location of the venv path in
ifcb_py_install()
has changed to “~/.virtualenvs/iRfcb”. - Added support for old
.adc
file format (IFCB1-6) by argumentold_adc
in: -
ifcb_read_mat()
now returns consistent data structures aligned withR.matlab::readMat()
(#50).
Deprecations
-
ifcb_summarize_png_data()
is now defunct (previously deprecated in version 0.3.11). - Deprecated arguments:
-
adc_folder
inifcb_annotate_batch()
(replaced byadc_files
). -
unclassified_id
inifcb_create_empty_manual_file()
(replaced byclasslist
). -
utm_zone
inifcb_is_near_land()
(now determined automatically from longitude).
-
-
ifcb_create_empty_manual_file()
now accepts a complete class list viaclasslist
, replacing the olderunclassified_id
.
iRfcb 0.5.1
CRAN release: 2025-04-22
Minor improvements and fixes
- Skipping certain internet-required tests on CRAN servers.
- Corrected help pages for
ifcb_download_dashboard_data()
andifcb_download_whoi_plankton()
.