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locatr 0.1.0 (2026-07-23)

Initial CRAN release of locatr, an audit-ready workflow layer on top of tidygeocoder for cleaning, geocoding, validating, reviewing, and exporting messy location data.

Added address cleaning with optional ID, ZIP, and record-name fields.
Added bad-address flagging for PO boxes, placeholder addresses, missing required fields, test records, and missing ZIP codes.
Added a staged geocoding cascade with reference backfill, Census structured geocoding, ArcGIS fallback, and ArcGIS name lookup.
Added bounding-box and polygon validation so out-of-region coordinates are rejected rather than silently accepted.
Added match-confidence scoring and plain-language confidence reasons.
Added single-address candidate lookup with score filtering, location context, and optional geography enrichment.
Added manual review export, manual override application, and a map-based review workflow for accepting, rejecting, or relocating coordinates.

Added locatr_cache() with in-memory and persistent RDS/Parquet-backed response caches.
Added cache inspection and clearing helpers.
Added run provenance manifests, per-row placement/cache stamps, and geocode_provenance().
Added geocode_report() for methods text, status counts, cache summaries, and confidence summaries.

Added helpers to build Census TIGER/Line geography and attach county, municipality, tract, block group, ZCTA, legislative district, congressional district, and school district identifiers to geocoded records.
Added spatial and attribute-key joins for user-supplied boundary layers.
Added field-conflict flags for ZIP/state and geocoded-vs-stated county mismatches.
Added reusable location crosswalk export for downstream dashboards and GIS workflows.

Added a bundled Shiny app for upload, geocoding, geography attachment, download, provenance review, and audit-report export.
Added a bundled map-based review Shiny app backed by testable override-table generation.
Added Hugging Face Space and Posit Connect Cloud deployment scaffolding.
Added pkgdown reference organization, README workflows, and a getting-started vignette.