- A necessary evil,
MABM_report
now requires a Google Maps API key to be passed for report generation. Future versions may explore open source map options to avoid this requirement. To get a Google API key, see https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/maps-static/get-api-key
- If interactive HTML maps are requested, and PDFtk is available, the HTML maps are attached to the final report rather than maintained as separate files
- Optionally creates an interactive HTML (leaflet) map of detections for each route along with the final report
- Canonical shapefiles now loaded as
sf
; updated package dependencies as necessary
- Several substantial functionality improvements, including:
- Generates route map with (georeferenced) bat detections (requires 'canonical' survey route shapefile and specific file hierarchy; see details in
?MABM_report
) (#1)- Improved documentation regarding the required file hierarchy
- With proper file hierarchy (see above),
MABM_report
attempts to output annual reports to a dedicated 'Annual Report' directory beneath each station directory (#2) - User can now specify the export location of files from the MABM database (#3)
- recommended to base of MABM file hierarchy
- occurs from within call to
MABM_report
rather than separate function with optional argument to update after updating MABM database (e.g., after new field season)
- Generates route map with (georeferenced) bat detections (requires 'canonical' survey route shapefile and specific file hierarchy; see details in
- General improvements to handle the variability in station data (e.g., new stations vs. established stations, missing georeferences, unexpected file hierarchy)
- Basic functionality for annual reports:
- Base narrative customized for each year/station
- Tables by route for:
- survey route summary (dates, # detections, route notes)
- summary of species detection by survey date
- summary of species detections over all years of study
- Figure by route for:
- summary of species detections over all years of study (crude)
- Several limitations:
- No user control over exports from MABM database for reports
- Crude (i.e., manual only) placement of annual report output
- No route map with (georeferenced) bat detection overlay
- No customization of base narrative beyond year/station