Geraldton

Internal changes to use dplyr 0.7.0

WA

bomrang 0.0.4 2017-06-09

Major changes

• Use jsonlite library rather than rjson

Kingston

Major changes

• Wrap examples for get_precis_forecast() in a \dontrun{} tag due to CRAN NOTE taking too long to run
• Use proper GitHub URL in DESCRIPTION file

Burnie

bomrang 0.0.3-4 2017-06-03

Major changes

• Run examples for all get_* functions in package
• update_precis_locations() is now update_forecast_locations()
• Other corrections in documentation

Devonport

Minor changes

• Add links to vignettes documenting the fields returned in the data frames from the get_*() functions
• Use the DOI that always points to latest version

Launceston

Minor changes

• Add vignettes describing the data returned from get_precis_forecast() and get_ag_bulletin(), remove this from function help files
• Correct documentation reference in README file

Hobart

Add vignette describing the data returned from get_current_weather()

TAS

bomrang 0.0.3

Major changes

• Include internal databases of station locations and metadata for get_current_weather() and get_ag_bulletin() both derived from the same BOM station master list
• The new database includes a more complete list of JSON URLs and ag bulletin station locations
• Generation of the JSON URL list is much faster, now can be updated by the user in a few seconds as desired using the new update_station_locations() function

Minor changes

• Better tests written for the package
• Add a new file describing internal database creation for station locations, metadata and JSON URLs, create_BOM_station_list.md

Melbourne

Minor release due to adding information to description field of DESCRIPTION file

VIC

Major changes

• Hugh Parsonage has joined as a contributor
• Added a new function get_current_weather() to retrieve weather data from specified BOM weather stations
• Added a new function sweep_for_stations() to find stations used in get_current_weather() function, based on distance from a specified latitude and longitude
• Renamed existing functions for more clarity.
  • get_forecast() is now get_precis_forecast()
  • get_bulletin() is now get_ag_bulletin()
  • update_locations() is now update_precis_locations()

Minor changes

• All functions will return a data.frame object, not a tibble
• If a server is not responding, the function returns a more meaningful error message on exit
• All date/times are returned in POSIXct format
• UTC offset is returned in a separate UTC_offset field for get_precis_forecast() for both start_time_local and end_time_local fields
• Spelling and typo corrections
• Enhanced documentation

Bug fixes

• Correct output for ag bulletin where the observation site is listed but has no values. The site will be listed with location data and NA for all meteorological values