monitor_getDistance: Calculate distances from _mts_monitor_ locations to a...

In AirMonitor: Air Quality Data Analysis

Calculate distances from mts_monitor locations to a location of interest

Description

This function returns the distances (meters) between monitor locations and a location of interest. These distances can be used to create a mask identifying monitors within a certain radius of the location of interest.

Usage

monitor_getDistance(
  monitor = NULL,
  longitude = NULL,
  latitude = NULL,
  measure = c("geodesic", "haversine", "vincenty", "cheap")
)

Arguments

monitor	mts_monitor object.
longitude	Longitude of the location of interest.
latitude	Latitude of the location of interest.
measure	One of "geodesic", "haversine" "vincenty", or "cheap".

Value

Named vector of distances (meters) with each distance identified by deviceDeploymentID.

Note

The measure "cheap" may be used to speed things up depending on the spatial scale being considered. Distances calculated with measure = "cheap" will vary by a few meters compared with those calculated using measure = "geodesic".

Examples

library(AirMonitor)

# Walla Walla
longitude <- -118.3302
latitude <- 46.065

distance <- monitor_getDistance(NW_Megafires, longitude, latitude)
closestIndex <- which(distance == min(distance))

# Distance in meters
distance[closestIndex]

# Monitor core metadata
str(NW_Megafires$meta[closestIndex, AirMonitor::coreMetadataNames])

AirMonitor documentation built on June 8, 2025, 12:52 p.m.