ropensci · robitalec · Dec 19, 2025 · Oct 3, 2025 · Oct 3, 2025 · Oct 3, 2025
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ message: 'To cite package "spatsoc" in publications use:'
 type: software
 license: GPL-3.0-only
 title: 'spatsoc: Group Animal Relocation Data by Spatial and Temporal Relationship'
-version: 0.2.12.9004
+version: 0.2.12.9005
 identifiers:
 - type: doi
   value: 10.32614/CRAN.package.spatsoc
@@ -291,6 +291,25 @@ references:
     given-names: Jeffrey
   year: '2025'
   doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.markdown
+- type: software
+  title: move2
+  abstract: 'move2: Processing and Analysing Animal Trajectories'
+  notes: Suggests
+  url: https://bartk.gitlab.io/move2/
+  repository: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=move2
+  authors:
+  - family-names: Kranstauber
+    given-names: Bart
+    email: b.kranstauber@uva.nl
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8303-780X
+  - family-names: Safi
+    given-names: Kamran
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8418-6759
+  - family-names: Scharf
+    given-names: Anne K.
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3357-8533
+  year: '2025'
+  doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.move2
 - type: software
   title: rmarkdown
   abstract: 'rmarkdown: Dynamic Documents for R'
@@ -335,6 +354,27 @@ references:
     orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3925-190X
   year: '2025'
   doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.rmarkdown
+- type: software
+  title: sftrack
+  abstract: 'sftrack: Modern Classes for Tracking and Movement Data'
+  notes: Suggests
+  url: https://mablab.org/sftrack/
+  repository: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=sftrack
+  authors:
+  - family-names: Boone
+    given-names: Matthew
+    email: mttboone@gmail.com
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8070-4715
+  - family-names: Joo
+    given-names: Rocío
+    email: rocio.joo@globalfishingwatch.org
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0319-4210
+  - family-names: Basille
+    given-names: Mathieu
+    email: mathieu@basille.org
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9366-7127
+  year: '2025'
+  doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.sftrack
 - type: software
   title: testthat
   abstract: 'testthat: Unit Testing for R'

diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: spatsoc
 Title: Group Animal Relocation Data by Spatial and Temporal Relationship
-Version: 0.2.12.9004
+Version: 0.2.12.9005
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Alec L.", "Robitaille", , "robit.alec@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-4706-1762")),
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ Suggests:
     asnipe,
     knitr,
     markdown,
+    move2,
     rmarkdown,
+    sftrack,
     testthat (>= 2.1.0)
 VignetteBuilder: 
     knitr

diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
@@ -9,52 +9,56 @@ in original crs by default ([PR 132](https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc/pull/13
 
 Enhancements:
 
-* use new internal `calc_centroid` function in and provide sfc interface for 
+* use new internal `calc_centroid` function in and provide geometry interface for 
 `centroid_group`, `centroid_dyad` and `centroid_fusion` 
 ([PR 127](https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc/pull/127))
   * improves internal `calc_centroid` efficiency by quickly returning 
   coordinates/geometry if length is 1, and using mean instead of `sf::st_centroid` 
   where appropriate
   * reduce repeated source code and testing by refactoring `centroid_dyad` and 
   `centroid_fusion` to use a shared internal function
-* use new internal `calc_direction` function in and provide sfc interface for
+* use new internal `calc_direction` function in and provide geometry interface for
 `direction_step`, `direction_to_centroid`, `direction_to_leader` and 
 `edge_direction` ([PR 125](https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc/pull/125))
-* use new internal `calc_distance` function in and provide sfc interface for
+* use new internal `calc_distance` function in and provide geometry interface for
 `group_pts`, `edge_nn`, `edge_dist`, `distance_to_centroid` and 
 `distance_to_leader` ([PR 128](https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc/pull/128))
   * location data can be in longlat provided a crs is provided with coordinates
   or geometry has crs set
   * previous distance measurement methods are retained to preserve backwards 
   compatibility if crs is NULL
-* add sfc interface and ensure coordinates/geometry are planar for 
+* add geometry interface and ensure coordinates/geometry are planar for 
 `leader_direction_group` ([PR 125](https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc/pull/125))
-
-
-Fixes:
-
 * improve speed of `direction_group` 
 ([PR 133](https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc/pull/133))
 
+Vignettes:
+
+* add geometry interface and spatial measures vignette 
+([PR 119](https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc/pull/119/files))
+  * add toc and links to other vignettes in all vignettes
+  * add `fusion_id` example to using distance based edge-list generating functions
+  vignette
+  * rename "additional data formats" vignette to "interspecific interactions"
 
 # spatsoc 0.2.12
 
 New experimental functions:
 
 * `get_geometry` helper function for setting up an input DT with a sfc geometry
 column ([PR 117](https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc/pull/117))
-* internal `calc_distance` function for sf interface (see https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc/issues/116) 
+* internal `calc_distance` function for geometry interface (see https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc/issues/116) 
 ([PR 122](https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc/pull/122))
-* internal `calc_distance` function for sf interface (see https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc/issues/116) 
+* internal `calc_distance` function for geometry interface (see https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc/issues/116) 
 ([PR 123](https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc/pull/123))
-* internal `calc_centroid` function for sf interface (see https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc/issues/116) 
+* internal `calc_centroid` function for geometry interface (see https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc/issues/116) 
 ([PR 124](https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc/pull/124))
 
 Fixes:
 
 * "projection" argument is soft-deprecated in favour of "crs" argument to better
 align with {sf} ([PR 118](https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc/pull/118))
-* general adjustments of checks and tests before new spatial interface 
+* general adjustments of checks and tests before new geometry interface 
 ([PR 120](https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc/pull/120)
 * use new `assert_*` family of internal functions for checking arguments, 
 returning {rlang} errors ([PR 121](https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc/pull/121)

diff --git a/R/direction_step.R b/R/direction_step.R
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 #'   crs = 32736
 #' )
 #'
-#' # Or: sfc interface
+#' # Or: geometry interface
 #' get_geometry(DT, coords = c('X', 'Y'), crs = 32736)
 #' direction_step(DT, id = 'ID')
 #'

diff --git a/R/get_geometry.R b/R/get_geometry.R
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #' Get geometry
 #'
 #' `get_geometry` sets up an input `DT` with a 'geometry' column for spatsoc's
-#' sf interface. The function expects a `data.table` with relocation data and
+#' geometry interface. The function expects a `data.table` with relocation data and
 #' a coordinate reference system.
 #'
 #' The `DT` must be a `data.table`. If your data is a `data.frame`, you can

diff --git a/_pkgdown.yml b/_pkgdown.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ reference:
     contents:
     - '`leader_direction_group`'
     - '`leader_edge_delay`'
-  - title: Spatial interface functions
+  - title: Geometry interface functions
     desc: ~
     contents:
     - '`get_geometry`'

diff --git a/codemeta.json b/codemeta.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "codeRepository": "https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc",
   "issueTracker": "https://github.com/ropensci/spatsoc/issues",
   "license": "https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0",
-  "version": "0.2.12.9004",
+  "version": "0.2.12.9005",
   "programmingLanguage": {
     "@type": "ComputerLanguage",
     "name": "R",
@@ -88,6 +88,18 @@
       },
       "sameAs": "https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=markdown"
     },
+    {
+      "@type": "SoftwareApplication",
+      "identifier": "move2",
+      "name": "move2",
+      "provider": {
+        "@id": "https://cran.r-project.org",
+        "@type": "Organization",
+        "name": "Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN)",
+        "url": "https://cran.r-project.org"
+      },
+      "sameAs": "https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=move2"
+    },
     {
       "@type": "SoftwareApplication",
       "identifier": "rmarkdown",
@@ -100,6 +112,18 @@
       },
       "sameAs": "https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=rmarkdown"
     },
+    {
+      "@type": "SoftwareApplication",
+      "identifier": "sftrack",
+      "name": "sftrack",
+      "provider": {
+        "@id": "https://cran.r-project.org",
+        "@type": "Organization",
+        "name": "Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN)",
+        "url": "https://cran.r-project.org"
+      },
+      "sameAs": "https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=sftrack"
+    },
     {
       "@type": "SoftwareApplication",
       "identifier": "testthat",
@@ -228,7 +252,7 @@
     },
     "SystemRequirements": "GDAL (>= 2.0.1), GEOS (>= 3.4.0), PROJ (>= 4.8.0),\n    sqlite3"
   },
-  "fileSize": "15036.116KB",
+  "fileSize": "15052.383KB",
   "citation": [
     {
       "@type": "ScholarlyArticle",

diff --git a/man/direction_step.Rd b/man/direction_step.Rd
diff --git a/man/get_geometry.Rd b/man/get_geometry.Rd
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-centroid-group.R b/tests/testthat/test-centroid-group.R
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ test_that('geometry results are expected', {
 })
 
 
-test_that('sfc interface', {
+test_that('geometry interface', {
   expect_message(centroid_group(copy(DT), crs = utm), 'crs')
   copyDT <- copy(DT)
   copyDT[, centroid := 42]

diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-direction-step.R b/tests/testthat/test-direction-step.R
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ test_that('projection arg is deprecated', {
   )
 })
 
-# sfc interface
+# geometry interface
 test_that('if coords null, geometry required', {
   expect_error(direction_step(DT, id = id, coords = NULL, crs = utm),
                'get_geometry?')
@@ -224,13 +224,13 @@ test_that('geometry correctly provided else error', {
                'must be of class')
 })
 
-test_that('sfc interface message before overwrite', {
+test_that('geometry interface message before overwrite', {
   copyDT <- copy(DT)[, direction := 42]
   expect_message(direction_step(copyDT, id = id),
                  'overwritten')
 })
 
-test_that('sfc interface returns expected', {
+test_that('geometry interface returns expected', {
   copyDT <- get_geometry(copy(clean_DT), coords = coords, crs = utm,
                          output_crs = 4326)
 

diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-direction-to-centroid.R b/tests/testthat/test-direction-to-centroid.R
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ test_that('use_transform errors if crs not provided', {
 })
 
 
-# sfc interface
+# geometry interface
 test_that('if coords null, geometry required', {
   expect_error(direction_to_centroid(DT, crs = utm),
                'get_geometry?')

diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-edge-direction.R b/tests/testthat/test-edge-direction.R
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ test_that('use_transform errors if crs not provided', {
 })
 
 
-# sfc interface
+# geometry interface
 test_that('if coords null, geometry required', {
   expect_error(edge_direction(edges, DT, id = id, coords = NULL),
                'get_geometry?')
@@ -279,13 +279,13 @@ test_that('geometry correctly provided else error', {
                'must be of class')
 })
 
-test_that('sfc interface message before overwrite', {
+test_that('geometry interface message before overwrite', {
   copyEdges <- copy(edges)[, direction_dyad := 42]
   expect_message(edge_direction(copyEdges, DT, id = id),
                  'overwritten')
 })
 
-test_that('sfc interface returns expected', {
+test_that('geometry interface returns expected', {
   copyEdges <- copy(edges)
   get_geometry(DT, coords = coords, crs = utm)