R/geometr-package.R

In geometr: Generate and Modify Interoperable Geometric Shapes

#' geometr: Generate and Modify Interoperable Geometric Shapes
#'
#' The geometr package provides tools that generate and process easily
#' accessible and tidy geometric shapes (of class \code{geom}). Moreover, it
#' aims to improve interoperability of spatial and other geometric classes.
#' Spatial classes are typically a collection of geometric shapes (or their
#' vertices) that are accompanied by various metadata (such as attributes and a
#' coordinate reference system). Most spatial classes are thus conceptually
#' quite similar, yet a common standard lacks for accessing features, vertices
#' or the metadata. Geometr fills this gap by providing tools
#' \itemize{
#'   \item that produce an identical output for the same metadata of different
#'         classes (via so-called getters) and
#'   \item that use an identical input to write to various classes that
#'         originally require different input (via so-called setters).
#' }
#'
#' @author \strong{Maintainer, Author}: Steffen Ehrmann
#'   \email{steffen.ehrmann@idiv.de}
#' @author \strong{Copyright holder} Dan Sunday \href{http://www.geomalgorithms.com/algorithms.html}{fast point-in-polygon algorithm}
#'
#' @seealso \itemize{ \item Github project:
#'   \href{https://github.com/EhrmannS/geometr}{https://github.com/EhrmannS/geometr}
#'    \item Report bugs:
#'   \href{https://github.com/EhrmannS/geometr/issues}{https://github.com/EhrmannS/geometr/issues}
#'    }
#' @docType package
#' @name geometr
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