aqp v1.17

This is the last major release of the 1.x series. Future development will focus on the 2.x series of releases.

Important Changes

SoilProfileCollection

Pre-v1.17 soilProfileCollection objects can be checked and rebuilt using ideas from #74. Further documentation pendning.

Structure before v1.17.

Formal class 'SoilProfileCollection' [package "aqp"] with 7 slots
  ..@ idcol     : chr "soil"
  ..@ depthcols : chr [1:2] "top" "bottom"
  ..@ metadata  :'data.frame':	1 obs. of  1 variable:
  ..@ horizons  :'data.frame':	1539 obs. of  18 variables:
  ..@ site      :'data.frame':	296 obs. of  1 variable:
  ..@ sp        :Formal class 'SpatialPoints' [package "sp"] with 3 slots
  ..@ diagnostic:'data.frame':	0 obs. of  0 variables

Structure as of v1.17, note the new hzidcol slot.

Formal class 'SoilProfileCollection' [package "aqp"] with 8 slots
  ..@ idcol     : chr "soil"
  ..@ hzidcol   : chr "hzID"
  ..@ depthcols : chr [1:2] "top" "bottom"
  ..@ metadata  :'data.frame':	1 obs. of  1 variable:
  ..@ horizons  :'data.frame':	1539 obs. of  18 variables:
  ..@ site      :'data.frame':	296 obs. of  1 variable:
  ..@ sp        :Formal class 'SpatialPoints' [package "sp"] with 3 slots
  ..@ diagnostic:'data.frame':	0 obs. of  0 variables

rbind.SoilProfileCollection

Has been deprecated in favor of aqp::union(), and gains new functionality.

Enhancements

Soil Color Related

• aggregateColor() gets a new feature, similar colors can be grouped via cluster::pam()
• new functions: previewColors(), colorQuantiles(), plotColorQuantiles()

SoilProfileCollection Management

• horizonDepths()<-, edit top/bottom names after SoilProfileCollection init
• profile_id()<-, edit profile IDs after init; be careful!
• hzID() and hzID()<-, get/set unique horizon IDs
• hzidname() and hzidname()<-, get/set column containing unique horizon IDs
• checkSPC and rebuildSPC

Soil Taxonomy Related

• argillic.clay.increase.depth
• crit.clay.argillic
• estimatePSCS
• get.increase.depths
• get.increase.matrix
• getArgillicBounds
• getSurfaceHorizonDepth

Horizon Intersection (glom) Related

• clod.hz.ids
• glom

New / Updated Documentation

• Investigating Soil Color

Bug Fixes

• sanity checks within horizonNames()<-

Misc. Changes

Note that some un-used sample data have been removed. The sp5 sample dataset has been re-made to include the new @hzidcol slot.