genUSStateGrid: Generating a Grid over a US State

In brian-j-smith/ramps: Bayesian Geostatistical Modeling with RAMPS

Generating a Grid over a US State

Description

This function generate a grid of points over a US state with given increment size or resolution.

Usage

   genUSStateGrid(state, incr = NULL, resolution = NULL)

Arguments

state	the name of a US state.
incr	a numeric vector of length 2 specifying the increment in longitude and latitude.
resolution	a numeric vector of length 2 specifying the size of the grid in longitude and latitude.

Value

A data.frame:

lon	longitude of the grid point.
lat	latitude of the grid point.
id	the id number of the county in which the grid point is located.
county	the name of the county in which the grid point is located.

Author(s)

Jun Yan [e-mail]

See Also

genUSStateSites

Examples

mygrid <- genUSStateGrid('iowa', resolution=c(8, 4))
map('state', 'iowa')
points(mygrid)

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