extent2poly: Convert an extent object into a polygon

In SEEG-Oxford/seegSDM: Streamlined Functions for Species Distribution Modelling in the SEEG Research Group

Description

Convert an extent object into a SpatialPolygons object. The coordinate reference is not recorded in the extent object so must aso be provided

Usage

extent2poly(extent, proj4string)

Arguments

extent	An extent object.
proj4string	A valid coordinate reference (passed to the proj4string argument in SpatialPolygons)

Value

A rectangular SpatialPolygons object matching extent.

See Also

extent, SpatialPolygons

Examples

ext <- extent(c(0, 10, 0, 5))
poly <- extent2poly(ext, wgs84())
plot(poly)

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