construct_buffer: construct_buffer

In landscapemetrics: Landscape Metrics for Categorical Map Patterns

construct_buffer

Description

Internal function to construct plot area around coordinates

Usage

construct_buffer(coords, shape, size, return_vec = TRUE, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

coords	SpatialPoints or 2-column matrix with coordinates of sample points
shape	String specifying plot shape. Either "circle" or "square"
size	Size of sample plot. Equals the radius for circles or the side-length for squares in mapunits
return_vec	If true, vector objects are returned.
verbose	Print warning messages.

Value

matrix or sf objecct

Examples

coords <- matrix(c(10, 5, 25, 15, 5, 25), ncol = 2, byrow = TRUE)
construct_buffer(coords = coords, shape = "square", size = 5)

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