Initial CRAN release of locatr, an audit-ready workflow
layer on top of tidygeocoder for cleaning, geocoding,
validating, reviewing, and exporting messy location data.
Geocoding and review
Added address cleaning with optional ID, ZIP, and record-name
fields.
Added bad-address flagging for PO boxes, placeholder addresses,
missing required fields, test records, and missing ZIP codes.
Added a staged geocoding cascade with reference backfill, Census
structured geocoding, ArcGIS fallback, and ArcGIS name lookup.
Added bounding-box and polygon validation so out-of-region
coordinates are rejected rather than silently accepted.
Added match-confidence scoring and plain-language confidence
reasons.
Added single-address candidate lookup with score filtering, location
context, and optional geography enrichment.
Added manual review export, manual override application, and a
map-based review workflow for accepting, rejecting, or relocating
coordinates.
Reproducibility and audit
trail
Added locatr_cache() with in-memory and persistent
RDS/Parquet-backed response caches.
Added cache inspection and clearing helpers.
Added run provenance manifests, per-row placement/cache stamps, and
geocode_provenance().
Added geocode_report() for methods text, status counts,
cache summaries, and confidence summaries.
Geography and export
Added helpers to build Census TIGER/Line geography and attach
county, municipality, tract, block group, ZCTA, legislative district,
congressional district, and school district identifiers to geocoded
records.
Added spatial and attribute-key joins for user-supplied boundary
layers.
Added field-conflict flags for ZIP/state and geocoded-vs-stated
county mismatches.
Added reusable location crosswalk export for downstream dashboards
and GIS workflows.
Apps and documentation
Added a bundled Shiny app for upload, geocoding, geography
attachment, download, provenance review, and audit-report export.
Added a bundled map-based review Shiny app backed by testable
override-table generation.
Added Hugging Face Space and Posit Connect Cloud deployment
scaffolding.
Added pkgdown reference organization, README workflows, and a
getting-started vignette.