• Sooty cache is now never installed into user space during any examples / document / test / build / install / check processes, thanks to CRAN.
  • A file cache is now stored internally in the package, installed to user cache space as a file, and this is checked for staleness once per session and updated if internet access is available.

  • Status of user cache can be checked with new function sooty_cache_info() which returns information about the location, age, and size of the cache.

  • The the non-curated catalogue is no longer exposed to exported functions.

  • dataset() is now deprecated in favour of datasource()

  • Created standalone function available_datasets(), and removed @curated, @available_datasets from the datasource object.

  • Now using more robust model of GDAL protocol and absolute URLs.

  • Added an S7 object to set dataset id and retrieve files.

  • Removed all read functionality.

  • Removed memoization.

  • Fix scaling mistake for AMSR ice.

  • Added 3.125km AMSR ice.

  • Initial CRAN version.

  • Renamed package.