Changes in version 0.6.0                        

  - Add Level 3, Level 4A, and Level 4B readers and spatial processing
    tools
  - Add Earthdata Cloud and Google Earth Engine integration
  - Stream GEDI01_B, GEDI02_A, GEDI02_B, and GEDI04_A HDF5 granules
    through Earthaccess with the same typed readers used for local files
  - Update Level 2A and Level 4A extraction for the current Release 3
    quality fields and add beam/column controls for efficient cloud
    reads
  - Resolve Earth Engine vector products through their granule indexes
    and add a complete real-data README workflow with reproducible
    figures and animation
  - Add spatial sampling, modeling, prediction, and mapping helpers
  - Add an interactive GEDI orbit animation
  - Add static and GIF orbit products, recursive feature elimination
    diagnostics, Earth Engine Drive export, and a fully ordered
    end-to-end README workflow
  - Restore waveform simulation and waveform metrics with a portable
    R/HDF5 implementation aligned with the focused Gaussian-footprint
    workflow in Steven Hancock's simulator while avoiding its
    non-portable native library stack

                        Changes in version 0.5.8                        

  - Update the designated maintainer and contact email
  - Mark the long-running grid statistics example for optional example
    checks

                        Changes in version 0.5.7                        

  - Fixes #68: direct call to S3 method from bit64
  - Add testthat automatic testing
  - Update url links from README.md and add tests
  - Fix grid statistics functions after sf stopped exporting the pipe
    operator
  - Update the GEDI data products URL after its permanent redirect
  - Keep optional visualizations out of non-interactive example checks
  - Make URL tests tolerate transient network and server failures

                        Changes in version 0.5.6                        

  - Update url links from README.md and add tests

                        Changes in version 0.5.5                        

  - Removed unused script tools
  - Fixed redirected urls
  - Added testthat for testing urls
  - Fix minor problems with checks:

                        Changes in version 0.5.4                        

  - Fixed redirected urls
  - Added testthat for testing urls
  - Fix minor problems with checks:

                        Changes in version 0.5.3                        

  - Fix minor problems with checks:

                        Changes in version 0.5.2                        

  - Update documentation with tests

                     Changes in version 0.5.1.9000                      

  - Same as previous version.

                        Changes in version 0.5.1                        

  - Update polyStatsLevel2AM.R: fix example
  - Update gedifinder.R to new NASA EarthCloud IDs
  - Fix incompatibilities with sp and raster
  - Use sf instead of raster::shapefile
  - Replaced every usage of raster with stars
  - ClipLevel1B use only sf and terra
  - Split gedisimulator apart
  - Update gedifinder to find level3 and level4 products
  - Use user defined functions from parent env instead global

                        Changes in version 0.5.0                        

  - Replaced every usage of raster with stars
  - Split gedisimulator apart
  - Update gedifinder to find level3 and level4 products
  - Use user defined functions from parent env instead global

                        Changes in version 0.4.0                        

  - gediMetrics: now working again, had a bug, allow beam filter
  - gediSimulator: allow ascii output
  - Update Hancocks's gedisimulator
  - Makevars.ucrt: remove GDAL from requirements

                        Changes in version 0.3.1                        

  - Use Makevars.ucrt for R 4.2
  - Remove @bbox from lidR: deprecated slot
  - Add Makevars.ucrt for the new Rtools42
  - Use markdown in functions documentation

                        Changes in version 0.3.0                        

  - Add inst/proj and inst/gdal to .gitignore
  - Use \href for external links
  - update links to v002
  - Use \doi macro for referencing

                        Changes in version 0.2.1                        

  - gedifinder: use GEDI version="002" in examples

                        Changes in version 0.2.0                        

  - Update gedifinder to use CMR for fetching v2

  - Same as previous version.