RuHere: Flags Spatial Errors in Biological Collection Data Using Specialists' Information

Automatically flags common spatial errors in biological collection data using metadata and specialists' information. RuHere implements a workflow to manage occurrence data through six steps: dataset merging, metadata flagging, validation against expert-derived distribution maps, visualization of flagged records, and sampling bias exploration. It specifically integrates specialist-curated range information to identify geographic errors and introductions that often escape standard automated validation procedures. For details on the methodology, see: Trindade & Caron (2026) <doi:10.64898/2026.02.02.703373>.

Version: 1.0.1
Depends: R (≥ 3.5)
Imports: Rcpp, terra, data.table, faunabr (≥ 1.0.0), florabr (≥ 1.3.1), jsonlite, rgbif, rredlist, stringi, BIEN, ridigbio, fields, ggplot2, mapview, sf, ggnewscale
LinkingTo: Rcpp (≥ 1.1.0), RcppArmadillo (≥ 15.0.2.2)
Suggests: pbapply, knitr, R.utils, rmarkdown, CoordinateCleaner
Published: 2026-02-17
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.RuHere (may not be active yet)
Author: Weverton C. F. Trindade ORCID iD [aut, cre], Fernanda S. Caron ORCID iD [aut]
Maintainer: Weverton C. F. Trindade <wevertonf1993 at gmail.com>
BugReports: https://github.com/wevertonbio/RuHere/issues
License: GPL (≥ 3)
URL: https://wevertonbio.github.io/RuHere/
NeedsCompilation: yes
Materials: README, NEWS
CRAN checks: RuHere results

Documentation:

Reference manual: RuHere.html , RuHere.pdf
Vignettes: 3. Flagging Records Using Associated Information (source, R code)
4. Flagging Records with Species List Information (source, R code)
1. Obtaining and preparing species occurrence data (source, R code)
5. Reducing sampling bias (source, R code)
2. Ensuring spatial consistency: countries, states, and coordinates (source, R code)

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Package source: RuHere_1.0.1.tar.gz
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