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Michael Sumner

Also published as Michael D. Sumner

65 packages On CRAN since Nov 2006 (19 years) · last active 6 days ago 0000-0002-2471-7511

Downloads

885.7K

Last 30 days

2.5M

Last 90 days

12.9M

Last year

Average trend: +128.6% (30d vs prior 30d)

Top Packages by Downloads

terra
502.9K
sf
313.2K
sp
228.9K
raster
104.7K
rgl
66.6K
stars
54.2K
sfheaders
47.8K
tmap
42.5K
mapview
35.6K

Portfolio Check Status

Aggregate CRAN check results across 44 maintained packages.

1

WARNING

31

NOTE

540

OK

Needs attention

Recent Activity

sds new v0.3.0 Oct 13, 2026

Spatial Data Sources

wkpool updated v0.4.0 Oct 12, 2026

Vertex Pool Topology for Well-Known Geometry

sp updated v2.2-4 Oct 11, 2026

Classes and Methods for Spatial Data

pkgstats updated v0.2.5 Oct 11, 2026

Metrics of R Packages

silicate updated v0.7.2 Oct 11, 2026

Common Forms for Complex Hierarchical and Relational Data Structures

xyt new v0.1.0 Oct 5, 2026

Extract Raster Time Series Values at Points in Space and Time

gdalraster updated v2.7.0 Sep 22, 2026

Bindings to 'GDAL'

spatstat.convert new v1.0-1 Sep 17, 2026

Extension to 'spatstat' for Converting Data Formats

sf updated v1.1-3 Sep 11, 2026

Simple Features for R

terra updated v1.9-50 Sep 8, 2026

Spatial Data Analysis

Maintained Packages

44 packages

Package Version
geojson 3.8K downloads/30d 0.3.5
ncmeta 3.5K downloads/30d 0.5.0
ozmaps 2.3K downloads/30d 0.4.5
fasterize 2.1K downloads/30d 1.1.0
palr 2.1K downloads/30d 0.5.0
PROJ 2K downloads/30d 0.7.0
reproj 2K downloads/30d 0.8.0
ggpolypath 1.9K downloads/30d 0.4.0
decido 1.9K downloads/30d 0.4.0
crsmeta 1.6K downloads/30d 0.3.0
trip 1.3K downloads/30d 1.10.0
traipse 1.1K downloads/30d 0.4.0
geographiclib 1.1K downloads/30d 0.4.2
vapour 1.1K downloads/30d 0.16.0
tidync 846 downloads/30d 0.5.0
quadmesh 535 downloads/30d 0.6.0
gibble 530 downloads/30d 0.4.0
graticule 528 downloads/30d 0.4.0
silicate 503 downloads/30d 0.7.2
spbabel 460 downloads/30d 0.6.0
unjoin 439 downloads/30d 0.1.0
affinity 431 downloads/30d 0.2.5
spex 424 downloads/30d 0.7.1
angstroms 411 downloads/30d 0.0.1
tabularaster 408 downloads/30d 0.7.2
lazysf 396 downloads/30d 0.4.0
ceramic 382 downloads/30d 0.9.5
tripEstimation 378 downloads/30d 0.0-46
bgmfiles 354 downloads/30d 0.1.0
wkpool 347 downloads/30d 0.4.0
sooty 337 downloads/30d 0.6.1
basf 331 downloads/30d 0.2.0
rbgm 330 downloads/30d 0.2.0
sfdct 330 downloads/30d 0.3.0
area 327 downloads/30d 0.2.0
vaster 324 downloads/30d 0.6.0
orsifronts 311 downloads/30d 0.2.0
tissot 244 downloads/30d 0.3.0
dsn 235 downloads/30d 0.1.0
textures 225 downloads/30d 0.1.0
grout 224 downloads/30d 0.1.0
xyt 219 downloads/30d 0.1.0
ximage 198 downloads/30d 0.1.0
sds 110 downloads/30d 0.3.0

Co-authored Packages

4 packages

Package Version
slippymath 5K downloads/30d 0.3.1
geodist 3.4K downloads/30d 0.1.1
gdalraster 1.8K downloads/30d 2.7.0
mapscanner 334 downloads/30d 0.1.1

Contributions

16 packages

Package Version
terra 502.9K downloads/30d 1.9-50
sf 313.2K downloads/30d 1.1-3
sp 228.9K downloads/30d 2.2-4
raster 104.7K downloads/30d 3.6-32
rgl 66.6K downloads/30d 1.3.36
stars 54.2K downloads/30d 0.7-3
sfheaders 47.8K downloads/30d 0.4.5
tmap 42.5K downloads/30d 4.4-1
mapview 35.6K downloads/30d 2.11.4
fortunes 3.7K downloads/30d 1.5-5
duckdbfs 1.8K downloads/30d 0.1.2
RTriangle 949 downloads/30d 1.6-0.15
tidytransit 880 downloads/30d 1.8.0
CCAMLRGIS 753 downloads/30d 4.3.1
pkgstats 487 downloads/30d 0.2.5
spatstat.convert 423 downloads/30d 1.0-1

Other Roles

1 package

Package Version
rsi 574 downloads/30d 0.3.3

Package repositories

Repositories of packages Michael Sumner maintains where an AI coding tool was found. Other people commit to these repositories too, so each line describes the repository, not Michael Sumner's own work.

  • Packages: xyt
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2026-09-10
      Commits: 2 by its own account · at least 2 crediting it in the message
  • Packages: geographiclib
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2026-02-10
      Pull request it wrote: opened by a project member
  • Packages: grout
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2026-09-20
      Commits: 2 by its own account · at least 2 crediting it in the message
  • Packages: lazysf
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2026-07-12
      Named in .Rbuildignore: .claude
    • GitHub Copilotfirst seen 2026-02-18
      Pull request: opened by its own account
      Commits: 5 by its own account
  • Packages: PROJ
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2026-07-10
      Named in .Rbuildignore: .claude
    • GitHub Copilotfirst seen 2026-02-24
      Pull request: opened by its own account
      Commits: 3 by its own account
  • Packages: silicate
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2026-10-08
      Pull request it wrote: opened by a project member
      Commits: 1 by its own account · at least 1 crediting it in the message
  • Packages: vaster
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2026-09-23
      Commits: at least 1 crediting it in the message
  • Packages: wkpool
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2026-08-07
      Pull request it wrote: opened by a project member
      Commits: 2 by its own account · at least 17 crediting it in the message
  • Packages: ximage
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2026-07-12
      Named in .Rbuildignore: .claude
    • GitHub Copilotfirst seen 2026-02-15
      Pull request: opened by its own account
      Commits: 10 by its own account
  • Packages: sooty
    • Claude Codefirst seen 2026-02-11
      Pull request it wrote: opened by a project member

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