Changes in version 1.1.0 (2025-09-22)                  

  - Changed how likelihood calculations work (for increased performance)

  - Transitioned from RcppArmadillo to RcppEigen

  - Function for empirical validation of the Powered Exponential
    Covariance function

                 Changes in version 1.0.5 (2024-06-14)                  

  - Minor bug fixes and documentation enhancement.

  - Removed NYC datasets (they are too large).

  - Spatial areal interpolation vignette rewritten.

                       Changes in version 1.0.4.2                       

  - New dataset included
  - Parallel version of fit_spm2

                Changes in version 1.0.4.1 (2022-04-29)                 

  - Speeding up sf_to_spm.
  - Added icon
  - Improved documentation
  - Added examples

                        Changes in version 1.0.4                        

  - Generalized Wendland covariance function
  - More flexible prediction function

                       Changes in version 1.0.3.1                       

  - bug fixes for prediction

                        Changes in version 1.0.3                        

  - fixed Wendland (1) covariance function
  - support for sparse covariance matrices through the Matrix package

                        Changes in version 1.0.2                        

  - added Wendland (1) covariance function
  - added "tapered" Matern covariance function

                        Changes in version 1.0.1                        

  - Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.
  - Fixed Spherical covariance function.
  - Added Cubic spline covariance function.