NEWS.md

In WorldMapR: Worldwide or Coordinates-Based Heat Maps

WorldMapr 1.3.0

• dplyr is no longer an import for this package
• Corrected a bug which caused the function to fail when an object named map_df0 was present in the local environment
• dataset regions_ITBIH added
• empty_editable_map function added

WorldMap 1.2.0

• map_df0 is now saved as one of the dataset, meaning that it is not built from scratch every time a function is called. Because of this, rnaturalearth and rnaturalearthdata packages are not required to be imported anymore
• Adjusted some label positions
• Added the shadows option, to choose whether to print a shadow around country labels or not
• Improved the UK_as_GB option in countrycoord_data

WorldMapR 1.1.0

• Added the internal function countrycoord_data, which substitutes geometries_data and incorporates modifications of the crs.
• Because of the above, geometries_data is now deprecated, and might be removed in later releases. It is not used anymore in worldplot and worldplotCat
• Added legend.position option to move or remove the legend
• Added label.color option to change color of the country labels
• Added label.size option to change the size of the country labels

WorldMapR 1.0.1

• Corrected a bug which caused the figures to be plotted twice
• Default option for range value added
• Possibility to specify a user-defined gradient continuous variables added
• Option to modify the color for missing countries added
• Option to automatically update coordinates limits when using different crs added

WorldMapR 0.1.3

• Added option to modify the coordinate reference system (crs argument)
• Created vignette
• Removed save functionality within the functions, as the plot object can be saved with various external methods now

WorldMapR 0.1.1

• Label's position has been improved for some countries in geometries_data
• For categorical variables, the color palette can now be customized manually
• Improved labels' aesthetics

WorldMapR 0.1.0

• Initial CRAN submission.

WorldMapR documentation built on Sept. 9, 2025, 5:51 p.m.