get_waterbody_index: Get Waterbody Index

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Get Waterbody Index

Description

given an sf point geometry column, return waterbody id, and COMID of dominant artificial path

Usage

get_waterbody_index(waterbodies, points, flines = NULL, search_radius = NULL)

Arguments

waterbodies	sf data.frame of type POLYGON or MULTIPOLYGON including COMID attributes.
points	sfc of type POINT
flines	sf data.frame of type LINESTRING or MULTILINESTRING including COMID, WBAREACOMI, and Hydroseq attributes
search_radius	units class with a numeric value indicating how far to search for a waterbody boundary in units of provided projection. Set units with set_units.

Value

data.frame with two columns, COMID, in_wb_COMID, near_wb_COMID, near_wb_dist, and outlet_fline_COMID. Distance is in units of provided projection.

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