NEWS

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comorosmaps 1.6.1 (2026-06-01)

• Added get_communes(), get_prefectures(), and get_cities() to give direct access to the underlying spatial datasets as sf objects.

comorosmaps 1.6.0

• Added choropleth support to both plot_map() and view_map() via the new data, var, join_by, and fill_label arguments.
• plot_map() uses a viridis colour scale rendered with ggplot2 and ggrepel for repelled polygon labels.
• view_map() uses a colorNumeric palette with an interactive legend.

comorosmaps 1.5.3

• Added label_regions argument to view_map() so permanent polygon labels can be toggled on or off for each administrative level.

comorosmaps 1.5.2

• Added plot_map() for publication-ready static maps using ggplot2.
• Added view_map() for interactive Leaflet maps with layer controls.
• Added commune() to display commune-level boundaries.
• City markers (268 localities) can be shown or hidden via city = TRUE/FALSE.

comorosmaps 1.0.0 (2022-06-06)

• Initial CRAN release.
• comoros(), grandeComore(), moheli(), and anjouan() provide static maps of the country and each island with prefecture boundaries.