rgplates

0.6.1

R Interface for the GPlates Web Service and Desktop Application

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Overview

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Maintained by Adam T. KocsisFirst published 2021-05-1811 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Query functions to the GPlates https://www.gplates.org/ Desktop Application and the GPlates Web Service https://gws.gplates.org/ allow users to reconstruct past positions of geographic entities based on user-selected rotation models without leaving the R running environment. The online method (GPlates Web Service) makes the rotation of static plates, coastlines, and a low number of geographic coordinates available using nothing but an internet connection. The offline method requires an external installation of the GPlates Desktop Application, but allows the efficient batch rotation of thousands of coordinates, Simple Features (sf) and Spatial (sp) objects with custom reconstruction trees and partitioning polygons. Examples of such plate tectonic models are accessible via the chronosphere https://cran.r-project.org/package=chronosphere. This R extension is developed under the umbrella of the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) Research Unit TERSANE2 (For 2332, TEmperature Related Stressors in ANcient Extinctions).

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)Fedora (COPR)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("rgplates", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("gplates/rgplates")

Development version from gplates/rgplates. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-rgplates

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# enable the iucar/cran COPR if it is not already present, then install
ls /etc/yum.repos.d/*iucar*cran*.repo >/dev/null 2>&1 \
  || sudo dnf copr enable -y iucar/cran
sudo dnf install -y R-CRAN-rgplates

RPMs from the iucar/cran COPR, rebuilt from CRAN.

For install.packages() integration in R, also: sudo dnf install R-CoprManager

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-rgplates

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

CRAN checks

13OK

Slowest check: 1.5 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

Code health

None

Tests · ratio 0.00

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Coverage

100%

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Documentation

READMENoVignettesNopkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 100%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 0%

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Repository

GitHub ↗ gplates/rgplates

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License GPL-3.0 · 154 commits · Last activity 2026-06-05 · 0% stars, 30d

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Repository practices

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Docs source (1)

README.Rmd

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Dependencies

Declared dependencies

8 external dependencies (excludes base and recommended)

Depends (2)

R >= 3.5.0sf

Imports (2)

methodsutils

LinkingTo (0)

none

Suggests (7)

knitr rmarkdown chronosphere httr2 geojsonsf sp terra

Enhances (0)

none

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People & History

People (6)

Maintainer (1)

Adam T. Kocsis

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Authors (1)

Adam T. Kocsis

Maintainer, Author

Contributors (3)

Elizabeth M. Dowding

Contributor · added in 0.5.0

Nussaibah B. Raja

Contributor

Simon Williams

Contributor · added in 0.3.1

Funders (2)

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Funder

FAU GeoZentrum Nordbayern

Funder

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Package metadata

First published: 2021-05-18
Total releases: 11 / 5 yrs
License: CC BY 4.0
Minimum R: ≥ 3.5.0
Bundled data: 0.6 KB / 1 file
Download size: 1.1 MB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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