Michael Sumner

Also published as Michael D. Sumner

61 packages On CRAN since Nov 2006 (19 years) · last active 11 days ago 0000-0002-2471-7511

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782.7K

Last 30 days

2.9M

Last 90 days

14.1M

Last year

Average trend: -21.7% (30d vs prior 30d)

Top Packages by Downloads

303.2K

terra

224K

218.5K

raster

82.6K

rgl

58.3K

stars

37.2K

sfheaders

35K

tmap

23K

mapview

17.7K

slippymath

5.6K

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Aggregate CRAN check results across 41 maintained packages.

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Recent Activity

palr updated v0.5.0 Aug 5, 2026

Colour Palettes for Data

tidync updated v0.5.0 Jul 31, 2026

Tidy Approach to 'NetCDF' Data Exploration and Extraction

ncmeta updated v0.5.0 Jul 29, 2026

Straightforward 'NetCDF' Metadata

sf updated v1.1-2 Jul 23, 2026

Simple Features for R

pkgstats updated v0.2.4 Jul 21, 2026

Metrics of R Packages

textures new v0.1.0 Jul 21, 2026

Quad Mesh Primitives and Texture Mapping for Grids

ximage new v0.1.0 Jul 21, 2026

Draw Images of Raster Data and Related Adornments

stars updated v0.7-3 Jul 20, 2026

Spatiotemporal Arrays, Raster and Vector Data Cubes

sp updated v2.2-3 Jul 19, 2026

Classes and Methods for Spatial Data

dsn new v0.1.0 Jul 17, 2026

Data Source Name and Description Helpers for Use with 'GDAL'

Maintained Packages

41 packages

Package	Title	Downloads	Version
ncmeta	Straightforward 'NetCDF' Metadata	4.7K	0.5.0
geojson	Classes for 'GeoJSON'	3.8K	0.3.5
ggpolypath	Polygons with Holes for the Grammar of Graphics	3.2K	0.4.0
ozmaps	Australia Maps	2.7K	0.4.5
palr	Colour Palettes for Data	2.6K	0.5.0
PROJ	Generic Coordinate System Transformations Using 'PROJ'	1.7K	0.7.0
decido	Bindings for 'Mapbox' Ear Cutting Triangulation Library	1.6K	0.4.0
reproj	Coordinate System Transformations for Generic Map Data	1.6K	0.8.0
crsmeta	Extract Coordinate System Metadata	983	0.3.0
fasterize	Fast Polygon to Raster Conversion	909	1.1.0
tidync	Tidy Approach to 'NetCDF' Data Exploration and Extraction	790	0.5.0
trip	Tracking Data	669	1.10.0
geographiclib	Access to 'GeographicLib'	594	0.4.2
traipse	Shared Tools for Tracking Data	592	0.4.0
quadmesh	Quadrangle Mesh	337	0.6.0
vapour	Access to the 'Geospatial Data Abstraction Library' ('GDAL')	322	0.16.0
textures	Quad Mesh Primitives and Texture Mapping for Grids	296	0.1.0
gibble	Geometry Decomposition	281	0.4.0
silicate	Common Forms for Complex Hierarchical and Relational Data Structures	271	0.7.1
angstroms	Tools for 'ROMS' the Regional Ocean Modeling System	269	0.0.1
spbabel	Convert Spatial Data Using Tidy Tables	253	0.6.0
affinity	Raster Georeferencing, Grid Affine Transforms, Cell Abstraction	248	0.2.5
sfdct	Constrained Triangulation for Simple Features	248	0.3.0
tabularaster	Tidy Tools for 'Raster' Data	242	0.7.2
ceramic	Download Online Imagery Tiles	239	0.9.5
graticule	Meridional and Parallel Lines for Maps	237	0.4.0
tripEstimation	Metropolis Sampler and Supporting Functions for Estimating Animal Movement from Archival Tags and Satellite Fixes	228	0.0-46
rbgm	Tools for 'Box Geometry Model' (BGM) Files and Topology for the Atlantis Ecosystem Model	220	0.2.0
spex	Spatial Extent Tools	220	0.7.1
lazysf	Delayed Read for 'GDAL' Vector Data Sources	218	0.4.0
area	Calculate Area of Triangles and Polygons	212	0.2.0
sooty	Data Source Catalogues Online for Southern Ocean Ecosystem Research	207	0.6.1
basf	Plot Simple Features with 'base' Sensibilities	197	0.2.0
bgmfiles	Example BGM Files for the Atlantis Ecosystem Model	176	0.1.0
unjoin	Separate a Data Frame by Normalization	175	0.1.0
vaster	Tools for Raster Grid Logic	161	0.6.0
tissot	Tissot Indicatrix for Map Projection Distortion	157	0.3.0
ximage	Draw Images of Raster Data and Related Adornments	148	0.1.0
dsn	Data Source Name and Description Helpers for Use with 'GDAL'	139	0.1.0
orsifronts	Southern Ocean Frontal Distributions (Orsi)	137	0.2.0
wkpool	Vertex Pool Topology for Well-Known Geometry	126	0.3.0

Co-authored Packages

4 packages

Package	Title	Downloads	Version
slippymath	Slippy Map Tile Tools	5.6K	0.3.1
geodist	Fast, Dependency-Free Geodesic Distance Calculations	2.3K	0.1.1
gdalraster	Bindings to 'GDAL'	795	2.6.1
mapscanner	Print Maps, Draw on Them, Scan Them Back in	193	0.1.1

Contributions

15 packages

Package	Title	Downloads	Version
sf	Simple Features for R	303.2K	1.1-2
terra	Spatial Data Analysis	224K	1.9-34
sp	Classes and Methods for Spatial Data	218.5K	2.2-3
raster	Geographic Data Analysis and Modeling	82.6K	3.6-32
rgl	3D Visualization Using OpenGL	58.3K	1.3.36
stars	Spatiotemporal Arrays, Raster and Vector Data Cubes	37.2K	0.7-3
sfheaders	Converts Between R Objects and Simple Feature Objects	35K	0.4.5
tmap	Thematic Maps	23K	4.4-1
mapview	Interactive Viewing of Spatial Data in R	17.7K	2.11.4
fortunes	R Fortunes	4K	1.5-5
duckdbfs	High Performance Remote File System, Database and 'Geospatial' Access Using 'duckdb'	1.3K	0.1.2
RTriangle	Triangle - A 2D Quality Mesh Generator and Delaunay Triangulator	731	1.6-0.15
tidytransit	Read, Validate, Analyze, and Map GTFS Feeds	478	1.8.0
pkgstats	Metrics of R Packages	350	0.2.4
CCAMLRGIS	Antarctic Spatial Data Manipulation	288	4.3.1

Other Roles

1 package

Package	Title	Downloads	Version
rsi	Efficiently Retrieve and Process Satellite Imagery	350	0.3.3

Roles

Maintains 41

Co-authors 4

Contributes 15

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sf 1,195 deps

terra 554 deps

sp 453 deps

Frequent Collaborators

Michael D. Sumner 29 pkgs

Edzer Pebesma 8 pkgs

Mark Padgham 7 pkgs

Roger Bivand 7 pkgs

Jeroen Ooms 6 pkgs

Simon Wotherspoon 5 pkgs

Barry Rowlingson 4 pkgs

Hadley Wickham 4 pkgs

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Career

On CRAN since Nov 2006 (19 years) · last active 11 days ago

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