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1.3M−5.3% down on the 30 days before, the worse direction
Test coverage, method
79%of lines run by tests

A fast C++ implementation to generate contour lines (isolines) and contour polygons (isobands) from regularly spaced grids containing elevation data.

Maintainer
Thomas Lin Pedersen
Latest release
7 Dec 2025
First release
3 Feb 2019

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Releases
10
Needs compilation
Yes
Config/Needs/website
tidyverse/tidytemplate
Config/build/compilation-database
true
Config/testthat/edition
3
Config/usethis/last-upkeep
2025-12-05
RoxygenNote
7.3.3
Subjects (1) Method, Subjects
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Package

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citation("isoband")
APA
Pedersen, T. L., Posit, PBC, Wickham, H., & Wilke, C. O. (2025). isoband: Generate Isolines and Isobands from Regularly Spaced Elevation
Grids (Version 0.3.0) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.isoband
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APA
Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for isoband version 0.3.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-10-29. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040
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No change since 5 Aug 2026

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5 Aug 2026OK13000
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Total downloads in the last 30 days
1,599,840+2.1% up on the 30 days before, the better directionIt is the sum of 5 channels: CRAN, r2u, autoCRAN, conda-forge and c2d4u.

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23 of 26,553

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1,298,399 downloads in the last 30 days

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23 of 26,553
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249,933 downloads in the last 30 days

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Needs
5
Dependent packages
16
Suggested by
2
Needs (5)
Installing it adds
3 packages, 1.7 MB of source
Of those, need compilation
2
Optional extras (9)
Dependent packages (16)
PackageTitleDownloads in 30 days
ggplot2Create Elegant Data Visualisations Using the Grammar of Graphics2,048,054
tidyterra'tidyverse' Methods and 'ggplot2' Helpers for 'terra' Objects16,489
metRTools for Easier Analysis of Meteorological Fields5,593
mapisoCreate Contour Polygons from Regular Grids1,518
r5rRapid Realistic Routing with 'R5'1,205
ggdensityInterpretable Bivariate Density Visualization with 'ggplot2'1,009
sfhotspotHot-Spot Analysis with Simple Features807
CCAMLRGISAntarctic Spatial Data Manipulation749
plotdapEasily Visualize Data from 'ERDDAP™' Servers via the 'rerddap' Package572
eksTidy and Geospatial Kernel Smoothing549
ggcube3D Plotting with 'ggplot2'539
SpatialPositionSpatial Position Models479
hmerHistory Matching and Emulation Package396
densityareaPolygons of Bivariate Density Distributions268
rLakeHabitatInterpolate Bathymetry and Quantify Physical Aquatic Habitat243
ggpsychroCreate Psychrometric Charts183
Functions
81
Public exports
16
Lines of R code
1,175
Median complexity
1
Functions (81)
Size and composition

Lines by kind (7,903)

KindLinesShare
R code1,17515%
Tests2,50232%
Documentation5337%
Guides2523%
Compiled code3,44144%

Lines by language

LanguageLinesShare
R3,61646%
C++3,31842%
Rd5337%
Vignettes2523%
C1232%
Markdown610.8%

Languages are counted from file extensions.

Files
64
R functions
32
Compiled functions
59
Object systems
S3: 6 methods
Complexity
Median
1
Mean
1.97
Highest
6
Median lines per function
10.5
About complexity

Cyclomatic complexity counts the independent paths through a function: 1 is a straight line, higher is harder to test. R functions only.

Call graph figures
R functions
32
Calls
16
Unconnected
13
Groups
4
Growth (10 releases)
Total lines by release
3,437 on 3 Feb 20197,903 on 7 Dec 2025
Release changes

The tests ran and coverage was measured.

Lines run by tests
78.9%
Expressions run by tests
85.4%
Test cases
26
Exports named in tests
75%
Coverage by file (8)
Coverage run
Lines counted
556
Lines the tests ran
258
Tests passed
Yes
Measured with
covr 3.6.5 on R 4.6.1
Test suite
Has tests
Yes
Test frameworks
testthat
Test cases
26
Snapshot tests
11
Lines of tests
2,502
Test lines per line of code
2.13
Exports documented
100%
Arguments documented
90.4%
Return value documented
0%
Help pages with examples
50%
Examples run in checks
100%
Guides (2)
Other documentation
README
Yes, 187 words
Release notes file
Yes
Help pages
10
Lines of documentation
533

Funded by Posit, PBC

Earlier names (2)
  • Claus Wilke
  • testthat and Catch authors

r-lib / isoband on github.com

Stars
132
Forks
17
Open issues
7
Last commit
8 Dec 2025
Activity
Commits
246
Open pull requests
1
Tagged releases
8
Latest tagged release
v0.3.0, 8 Dec 2025
In development
Default branch at 0.3.0.9000, ahead of CRAN 0.3.0 (checked 2026-10-25)
Issues closed in
2 days (median)
Pull requests closed in
1 day (median)
Pull requests merged
100%
Created
29 Dec 2018
Licence file reads as
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Development practices (14)
KindFound
Continuous integrationGitHub Actions, R CMD check workflow
The R CMD check workflow runs on Linux, macOS and Windows, and on R-devel
Governance and communityCode of conduct
Docs sourceREADME.Rmd, pkgdown
GitHub Pages site last deployed 2025-12-08
The repository has a site deploy workflow
pkgdown site last built 2025-12-08
CoverageCoverage reporting (Codecov)
CRAN release processcran-comments.md, revdep/
Lint, format, editorLint workflow, Air, VS Code, RStudio project

Method, repository practices

Across r-lib

R releases
  • On CRAN
  • Release
VersionReleasedREvents
0.3.0 current7 Dec 20254.5.2Maintainer: Thomas Lin Pedersen
0.2.720 Dec 20224.2.2Maintainer: Hadley Wickham
0.2.66 Oct 20224.2.1
0.2.513 Jul 20214.1.0
0.2.43 Mar 20214.0.4
0.2.31 Dec 20204.0.3
0.2.220 Jun 20204.0.1
0.2.112 Apr 20203.6.3
Earlier versions (2)
VersionReleasedR
0.2.07 Apr 20193.5.3
0.1.03 Feb 20193.5.2
Release notes (0.3.0)
  • General upkeep
  • Rewrite implementation to use cpp11