© Fisheries and Oceans Canada (2004-2023)
PBSdata contains data objects used primarily by the R packages PBStools for illustrating utility examples and PBSmapx for drawing various coastline and boundary shapefiles. The data herein either exist in the public domain or are non-proprietary and open for public use.
A useful set of data (regional boundaries, key codes, example data), a GUI interface to PBSmapping, and handy utility functions evolved over time (2007-2012) in one R package called PBSfishery. In April 2012, we decided to split PBSfishery into three separate libraries -- PBStools, PBSmapx, and PBSdata -- for public distribution (see pbs-software). The three packages experience different rates of change, with PBStools undergoing frequent revision, while PBSdata and PBSmapx can remain unchanged for long periods of time.
Although PBSdata is not available on CRAN (Comprehensive R Archive Network), the package (Windows binary and source tarball) is built after using CRAN's rigorous R CMD check --as-cran routine (on a Windows system) and posted to Google Drive. Most of the time, the revision on GitHub can be built (supposedly) in R using devtools::install_github("pbs-software/pbs-data"); however, not every revision has been checked for CRAN worthiness.
As with any freely available product, there is no warranty or promise that PBSdata will be free from errors. Users should contact the package maintainer if bugs are detected.
Maintainer: Rowan Haigh
