v.1.0.0

News

• rphylopic has now been transferred to the Palaeoverse community (new maintainer: William Gearty and author: Lewis Jones)

Updates

• The package has been updated to work with PhyloPic API ver. >=2.1.1
• The package has been reworked to its core functionality of fetching silhouettes and plotting them in base R and ggplot2:
  • get_uuid: this function enables users to get uuid(s) associated with a taxonomic name (new function)
  • get_phylopic: this function enables users to get the PhyloPic silhouette associated with a specific uuid (replaces image_get)
  • pick_phylopic: this function enables users to pick specific PhyloPic silhouettes when multiple are available for a given taxonomic name (new function)
  • add_phylopic_base: this function retains it's core functionality and is used to add a silhouette to a base R plot (updated from add_phylopic_base)
  • add_phylopic: this function retains it's core functionality and is used to add a silhouette to a ggplot2 (updated from add_phylopic)
  • get_attribution: this function enables users to get the attribution data associated with a specific uuid (new function)
  • save_phylopic: this function enables users to save PhyloPic silhouettes using various formats (replaces save_png)