naijR 0.6.0

New Features:

Added a new dataset states_nigeria for the States of Nigeria.
Migrated from RGDAL-based spatial data; the {sf} package is now the main dependency.
map_ng gained a newly documented argument plot, which hitherto was passed internally to maps::map() via ....
Added a new function disambiguate_lga, which takes a single-element lgas object for handling the names of Local Government Areas that are shared between separate States. This function enables the (re)setting of the State attribute of such objects; this can be done interactively, where the replicated States' names are presented for selection by users.

Improved on the accuracy of LGA naming in the light of spelling mistakes discovered in the earlier reference document.
Unwanted display of dialogs when fixing LGA names on Windows OS was reversed (suggested by Laura DeCicco).

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Published by BroVic almost 3 years ago

Silenced a warning on EOL spatial package dependencies ahead of necessary changes.

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Published by BroVic almost 3 years ago

In nested calls with the function fix_region, the lgas constructor function does not warn if there are spelling mistakes, as this turned out to be a bit confusing when it was used. In earlier versions, warnings persisted even after fixes were applied.
In carrying out interactive fixes, particularly of LGA spellings, the more familiar and intuitive native Windows messaging and dialog system is used. Works only on Windows machines; on Linux and macOS, the usual messaging and interaction occur at the R console.
Control the size of map labels with the cex argument (passed on to maps::map.text internally, via ...).
Handle instances where the term Abuja is used as a State (which technically it is not) and signal a warning to the user.

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Published by BroVic over 3 years ago

New methods for ?InternalGenerics were introduced e.g. for c(), [, [[, na.exclude, etc.

Effectively handle mobile numbers that have common separators in them, namely whitespace, '-' or '.'.
Repair mobile numbers where poor data entry interchanges zeros (0s) with the letter O (works for both upper and lower case).
Repair of mobile numbers now offers optional information for users.
Allow the use of factor input when creating objects of class regions.
Added a new argument legend.text for map_ng using an idiom that is similar to the one used in base::barplot, thanks to observations made by @VictoriaLatham in issue #27.
Simplified the creation of choropleth maps with 2-column data frames; one of the columns is to be a vector of valid States or Local Government Areas, and the other a factor or something coercible to one.

map_ng accepted arguments that were not data.frames leading to unwieldy errors. It is now made sure to fail early in such cases

Arguments of map_ng - leg.x, leg.y, and leg.orient were marked for deprecation in the next minor release.

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Published by BroVic over 3 years ago

fix_mobile fails unexpectedly when only NA is supplied as argument. This causes practical problems when, for example, it encounters a column with only missing values.

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Published by BroVic almost 4 years ago