Conceptual graph describing the process leading to the distribution of the R package lydemapr. Data are collected by individual sources through multiple surveying processes. The datasets compiled this way are gathered from the sources and individually processed, then combined into a single comprehensive dataset. This is anonymised through both a censoring step and a spatial transformation to reduce spatial resolution. For the spatial transformation, latitude and longitude of individual survey points are rounded to the centroids of a 1-km2 resolution grid. The aggregated and anonymised dataset is distributed through the package, together with functions to visualise the spread of the invasion through time.

 
 
  Part of: De Bona S, Barringer L, Kurtz P, Losiewicz J, Parra GR, Helmus MR (2023) lydemapr: an R package to track the spread of the invasive spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula, White 1845) (Hemiptera, Fulgoridae) in the United States. NeoBiota 86: 151-168. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.86.101471