st_erase: Erase an area of a simple feature object
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st_erase

R Documentation

Erase an area of a simple feature object

Description

An extended version of sf::st_difference that uses the flip parameter to optionally call sf::st_intersection and combines and unions the second object by default. st_trim is st_erase with flip set to TRUE.

Usage

st_erase(x, y, flip = FALSE, union = TRUE)

st_trim(x, y, union = TRUE)

Arguments

`x, y`	sf objects
`flip`	If `TRUE`, use st_intersection; if `FALSE` use st_difference, Default: `FALSE`
`union`	If `TRUE`, use sf::st_combine and sf::st_union on y before applying difference/intersection, Default: `FALSE`