Philippe Massicotte<p>Just released <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rnaturalearth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rnaturalearth</span></a> v1.1.0 for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rstats" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rstats</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://github.com/ropensci/rnaturalearth/releases/tag/v1.1.0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/ropensci/rnaturalea</span><span class="invisible">rth/releases/tag/v1.1.0</span></a></p><p>- Download data directly using GDAL’s virtual file system – no extraction needed!</p><p>- Move to modern GeoPackage format when load = FALSE – more efficient than shapefiles.</p><p>- Raster data (GeoTIFF) now saved directly from zip, making workflows smoother.</p><p>- Faster loading with lazy imports (#119, thanks @heavywatal)</p><p>- Better messages via the cli package</p>