diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index b2b3d68..d5bfda5 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 ^index.Rmd$
 ^index.md$
 ^\.github$
+debugging.R
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c833a2c..00509c8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
 .RData
 .Ruserdata
 inst/doc
+
+debugging.R
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 41ffcd3..07510c7 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Package: em38
 Type: Package
 Title: Process N38 binary files from EM38-MK2 sensors
-Version: 0.0.5
-Date: 2023-01-05
+Version: 0.0.6
+Date: 2023-09-24
 Authors@R: person("Lauren", "O'Brien", email = "obrlsoilau@gmail.com", role = c('aut', 'cre'), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-7336-2171"))
 Description: Interprets and decodes the '.N38' file format used by the 
     Geonics EM38-MK2 ground conductivity meter, as described in its 
@@ -23,11 +23,15 @@ Imports:
 	tidyr,
   units (>= 0.7)
 Suggests:
+  fields,
   ggplot2,
+  h3jsr,
   patchwork,
   testthat,
   covr,
   knitr,
-  rmarkdown
+  rmarkdown,
+  supercells,
+  terra
 RoxygenNote: 7.2.3
 VignetteBuilder: knitr
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 80046a9..6334c5e 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# Version 0.0.6
+
+  * some under-the-hood corrections to work with recent R changes
+  * some improvements in handling data from certain GNSS receivers, many thanks to the person who supplied a test dataset :pray:
+  * updated vignette, various methods of spatially interpolating the raw data are now demonstrated
+
 # Version 0.0.5
 
   * package now reports orthometric height of each spatialised reading, calculated from GPS data, per user request (thanks dukarvat!). Note that elevation data may still need further correction to a local vertical datum before use.