intersection.line.curve: Finds the points where a straight line, given lines as...

In forestgeo/ctfs: Tools for the Analysis of Forest Dynamics

Description

Finds the points where a straight line, given lines as intercept b then slope m, intersects with a curve defined by a sequence of segments.

Intersections must be found for the line with every segment, then every one checked with is.between.

Usage

intersection.line.curve(b, m, curve)

Arguments

b	Intercept.
m	Slope.
curve	Curve defined by a sequence of segments. Must be a dataframe with columns x, y (or capital X, Y). having any number of segments.

Value

The intersections are returned as a dataframe of x, y coordinates.

Arguments details

• b, m Must be atomic.

forestgeo/ctfs documentation built on May 3, 2019, 6:44 p.m.