get_xs_point: Get Cross Section From Point (experimental)

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Get Cross Section From Point (experimental)

Description

Uses a cross section retrieval web services to retrieve a cross section given a point and specified width. Orientation is determined based on direction of a the flowline found near point. This function uses a 10m National Elevation Dataset request on the back end.

Usage

get_xs_point(point, width, num_pts)

Arguments

point	sfc POINT including crs as created by: sf::st_sfc(sf::st_point(.. ,..), crs)crs.
width	Cross section width in meters.
num_pts	numeric number of points to retrieve along the cross section.

Value

sf data.frame containing points retrieved.

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