NEWS

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scfmutils 2.0.9.9008

• new functions calcIgnitions(), countBurnedPixelsInSAR(), and fireRegimeParRaster(), moved from the scfmIgnition, scfmSpread, and scfmEscape/scfmIgnition/scfmSpread modules (#13). calcIgnitions() drops the module version's unused fireRegimePolys argument, and countBurnedPixelsInSAR() takes the reporting-area pixels as pixInSAR instead of reading them from the module;
• calibrateFireRegimePolys() no longer fails ('xmin' not less than 'xmax') when every flammable cell of a fire regime polygon has 8 flammable neighbours, e.g., with no non-flammable cells (PredictiveEcology/scfm#22): p0 is then hatP0(pEscape, 8) exactly;
• calibrateFireRegimePolys() estimates p0 correctly from 4-neighbour counts: escapeProbDelta() assumed 0 to 8 neighbours, so with neighbours = 4 it recycled the weights and underestimated p0;
• getFirePoints_NFDB_scfm() downloads from .../current_version/NFDB_point_shp.zip: CFS renamed the archive from NFDB_point.zip, which now returns HTTP 404, so no newer release could be fetched;
• add withr to Imports from Suggests, for use in examples;
• streamline prepInputsFireRegimePolys() for BEC;
• prepInputsFireRegimePolys() gets a new argument subsetType to retrieve entire polygons bordering studyArea or only the spatial intersection (default, preserving previous behaviour)
• add a title parameter for scfmDiagnostics plots

scfmutils 2.0.8

• .makeLandscapeAttr() properly handles cases with missing neighbours;

scfmutils 2.0.7

• calibrateFireRegimePolys() gracefully exits if polygons have no fires;

scfmutils 2.0.6

• fix attempt to use fire regime attributes when not using FRT/FRU polygons;

scfmutils 2.0.5

• add Erni et al. (2020) fire regime polygon attributes to FRT and FRU polygons;

scfmutils 2.0.4

• add withr to Suggests (used with testing);
• fix plotting to handle cases with no escaped fires;
• more robust de-slivering;

scfmutils 2.0.3

• require reproducible >= 2.1.0;
• updates for recent changes to reproducible: pass to arguments to reproducible::prepInputs() and related functions, instead of passing studyArea or rasterToMatch;
• new option scfmutils.driver.plot.scam (default TRUE) to allow user to disable creation of scam plots in calibrateFireRegimePolys();

scfmutils 2.0.2

• warn instead of error if spread model calibration fails in calibrateFireRegimePolys();
• improve documentation;

scfmutils 2.0.1

• add fpCompare to Imports, for improved floating point number comparisons;
• bump minimum versions requirements for dependency packages SpaDES.core, SpaDES.tools, and reproducible;
• fix issue with per-polygon flammable cell calculations in .makeLandscapeAttr() that was introduced by switching to sf for fire regime polygons;
• modified comparePredictions_fireDistribution() to use arguments fireRegimePoints, burnSummary, and size instead of dt;
• improve CRS checks in checkForIssues();
• documentation improvements;

scfmutils 2.0.0

• fully implement use of sf polygons object instead of lists of polygon attributes;
• bump minimum versions of Require, reproducible, SpaDES.core, SpaDES.tools;
• new ggplot wrappers for plotting scfm rasters;
• documentation improvements;

scfmutils 1.0.0

Transitional version: introduces several breaking changes

• transitioning to using sf polygons object instead of lists of polygon attributes;
• remove arguments cellSize and neighbours from calibrateFireRegimePolys();
• calcZonalRegimePars() now returns a data.table instead of a list;
• fix issue with prepInputsFireRegimePolys() when url supplied by user;
• warn instead of error if scam plots can't be created;

scfmutils 0.0.13

• drop support for R 4.1;
• remove LandR dependency;
• improved documentation;
• improved messaging;

scfmutils 0.0.12

• add package bcdata to Suggests to allow use of BEC zones etc. prepInputsfireRegimePolys();

scfmutils 0.0.11

• fix for 0 neighbour instance in makeLandscapeAttr();

scfmutils 0.0.10

• add package googledrive to Suggests;
• increase the minimum SpaDES.core and SpaDES.tools versions following terra migration and other changes;
• update prepInputsFireRegimePolys() example to use terra;
• documentation improvements;

scfmutils 0.0.9

• transition to using terra instead of raster package;
• remove fasterize dependency;
• use R native pipe instead of magrittr's;
• drop R 4.0 support (reproducible requires R >= 4.1)
• add plotting functions for escapes and historical fire distributions;
• improved diagnostic plot calculations using studyAreaReporting;
• internal package restructuring;

scfmutils 0.0.8

• use %>% for pipe (R < v4.2);
• add Erni et al. (2020) FRTs + FRUs to prepInputsFireRegimePolys();

scfmutils 0.0.7

• corrections calculating stats for diagnostics;

scfmutils 0.0.6

• prepInputsFireRegimePolys() from BEC NDTs: allow either col name;
• ensure plotPath exists for scam plots;
• fix bug in comparePredictions_summaryDT();
• fix bug in deSliver() and clarify documentation;
• pass 'optimizer' argument to scam() in calibrateFireRegimePolys();
• additional messaging for driver calibration;
• save scam plots per poly during driver calibration;

scfmutils 0.0.5

• add scfmRegime functions;
• add functions checkForIssues() and deSliver() for working with fire regime polygons;
• add BECNDT to prepInputsFireRegimePolys();

scfmutils 0.0.4

• increase minimum SpaDES.core version requirement;
• rename PolyId to PolyID;
• fix bug in executeDesign();
• improved messaging;

scfmutils 0.0.3

• use theme_bw() instead of theme_minimal() in diagnostic plots;

scfmutils 0.0.2

• export fireRegimePolyTypes();
• export comparePredictions_annualIgnitions();

scfmutils 0.0.1

• requires R >= 4.0;
• add times argument to comparePredictions_fireReturnInterval();
• pass only what's used from simList to comparePredictions_summaryDT();
• add note re: output CRS using prepInputsFireRegimePolys();
• pass startTime to .executeDesignInternal();
• fix .makeLandscapeAttr();
• add functions from scfmLandCoverInit;
• fix use of inherits;
• add prepInputsFireRegimePolys();
• use pkgdown for website;