Changes in version 0.5.0                        

  - Generalize cosewic_ranges() (fixes #40)
      - argument species now deprecated in favour of group
      - Add option to supply custom IAO grid to cosewic_ranges()
      - Add option to clip EOO in cosewic_ranges() to a particular
        shapefile before calculating area
      - Add option to change the CRS
      - Update default CRS for cosewic_ranges() to an Albers Equal Area
        Projection for Canada (ESRI:102001)
      - Use a general prop_include = 1 rather than eoo_p = 1 and default
        to 1 rather than 0.95.
  - Make cosewic_plot()s report-ready (fixes #41)
      - Add option to scale records in cosewic_plot()
      - Add North arrow and scale to cosweic_plot()
      - Add option to change the CRS
      - Add more details to cosewic_plot() caption
  - Change API to naturecounts.ca (#29)
  - Fix bug with request ids where tried to download unapproved
    collections (#32)
  - Clarify metadata (fixes #30
      - Clarify metadata versions as dates
      - Clarify which metadata is stored locally
      - Add checks and warn users if local metadata >4 weeks old
  - Make 'extended' the default field set (#31)
  - Explicitly alert users if format_zero_fill() used when there are 'X'
    values (#8)

                        Changes in version 0.4.1                        

  - Fix use of species_id and record_id in cosewic_ranges().
      - Truly allow different columns
      - Also allow no species_id or record_id columns

                        Changes in version 0.4.0                        

  - Add tools for COSEWIC assessments
  - Fix bug in search_species() which returned all authorities
  - Updated dependency to dplyr 1.1.0
  - Updated tests to testthat 3rd edition
  - Re-wrote internal requests formatting to improve speed
  - nc_dl_data() returns a warning (not an error) if there are no data
    for the given set of filters (to facilitate looping downloads)
  - Warn (not error) when database has been created with an older
    version of the package

                        Changes in version 0.3.0                        

  - Add nc_query_table() for arbitrary and custom table queries
  - Implement in-memory query caching (lasts 4 hours or until session
    restarts)
  - Added nc_remove_cache() to remove the in-memory cache as needed

                        Changes in version 0.2.3                        

  - switch back to regular server (not sandbox)
  - use house finches as example data frame rather than barred owls

                        Changes in version 0.2.2                        

  - Arrange returned data fields more sensibly

                        Changes in version 0.2.1                        

  - Fixed bug with data extraction for nc_data_dl() and nc_counts()

                        Changes in version 0.2.0                        

  - Clarified access in nc_counts()
  - Added extra event columns to format_zero_fill()
  - No funny dates in Databases and no warnings for data frames when
    missing survey_year, survey_month or survey_day in format_dates()

                        Changes in version 0.1.0                        

  - Initial package development