soilDB 2.7.3

soilDB 2.7.3 (2022-08-19)

• get_SDA_property() all methods now support miscellaneous_areas argument. This defaults to FALSE for the methods it was previously implemented for--so be aware that queries using "Dominant Component" or "Dominant Condition" (which previously did not respond to miscellaneous_areas) may have the number of rows in result reduced due to omission of miscellaneous land types. If this is unexpected or undesired, please use miscellaneous_areas=TRUE. (#257)

• Adds get_NASIS_metadata() and helper method get_NASIS_column_metadata() and other new tools for working with uncode(), factors and NASIS metadata cached in the package.

• Bug fix for get_cosoilmoist_from_SDA(); thanks to Monika Shea @monikashea for reporting the problem (#253)

• fetchNASIS_report() now works with the output from "get_site_from_NASIS" report (useful for site records without associated pedons)

• createSSURGO() gains arguments quiet and include_spatial to toggle messages and inclusion of spatial data in created SQLite database, respectively

• downloadSSURGO() now handles queries against sacatalog that return no results more gracefully

• get_OSD(): Add fix_ocr_errors argument for result='json' to fix common optical character recognition errors associated with horizon designations and colors (NOTE: does NOT fix depths)

• fetchSCAN() gains timeseries argument to support batch downloads of hourly data. Additional arguments (...) are passed as a raw request, allowing other parameters sent in request to be modified if needed, and bypassing batch functionality. This is similar to the req argument syntax used in earlier versions of this function, which had been deprecated for some time now. Thanks to Matthew Morriss for raising the discussion item @morrismc99 (#260).

• {curl} moved from Suggests to Imports; curl::curl_download() is now used instead of utils::download.file() because it seems to handle SSL certificates better on some networks.