gbifdb 1.0.0

gbif_download() now uses minioclient as a backend, offering dramatically (100x+) better performance, especially on multi-core machines with high bandwidth network connections.
gbif_local() now defaults to duckdb backend, and utilizes duckdbfs to streamline the interface. The latest performance of duckdb is substantially better than alternatives.

Breaking changes

gbifdb 0.1.2

include links in DESCRIPTION to the unpublished methods implemented in arrow and duckdb for high-performance access.
update documentation to include return value on all exported functions.

Automatically detect latest release (see gbif_version()). Works with local and remote sources, can also report all available versions.
add gbif_local() to return a remote table instead of a connection; paralleling the use of gbif_remote()
gbif_conn() (and thus gbif_local() ) gain the ability to use arrow as a backend to duckdb, and this is now the default. This improves performance and avoids crashes when all columns are requested.
default bucket set to “us-east-1” (across both gbif_download() and gbif_remote())
gbif_download() now automatically detects versions, downloads parquet files to a path that parallels the remote path (using release-specific subdirectories), and allows bucket to be configured.
set to_duckdb=TRUE by default in gbif_remote(), creating a consistent lazy-table interface with support for windowed functions
gbif_conn() (and gbif_local()) now automatically detect the path of most recent GBIF version in gbif_dir(). No more need to to manually set path for occurrence.parquet/ subfolder.
documentation improved.