outerBuffer: Draw convex hull around polygons

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) See Also

View source: R/polygons.R

Description

Draws a convex hull around vertice points of a polygon shapefile, creating a single polygon. If a buffer distance is supplied, will buffer the convex hull inwards or outwards depending on the sign of the distance value.

Usage

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outerBuffer(x, b = NULL)

Arguments

x

A SpatialPolygons* object

b

Optional. Distance to buffer. If the value is negative, the buffer will be drawn inwards.

Value

A SpatialPolygons object.

Author(s)

Ceres Barros and Alex Chubaty

See Also

buffer


achubaty/amc documentation built on April 6, 2021, 6:56 a.m.