calculateProminence: Calculates the prominence Value for a given tuple of...

Description Usage Arguments Value Author(s) References Examples

Description

Calculates the prominence Value for a given tuple of coordinates and altitude as derived from DEM d = dominance horizontal distance to the next higher altirude in the sourrounding

Usage

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calculateProminence(x.coord, y.coord, altitude)

Arguments

peaks

list of all peaks

altitude

altitude in meter

exact.enough

= vertical excactness of notch altitude in meter

xcoord

xcoordinate of current peak (mapunits)

ycoord

ycoordinate of current peak (mapunits)

Value

calculateProminence returns the prominence value of the current peak

Author(s)

Chris Reudenbach

References

Marburg Open Courseware Advanced GIS: http://moc.environmentalinformatics-marburg.de/doku.php?id=courses:msc:advanced-gis:description

Rauch. C. (2012): Der perfekte Gipfel. Panorama, 2/2012, S. 112 http://www.alpenverein.de/dav-services/panorama-magazin/dominanz-prominenz-eigenstaendigkeit-eines-berges_aid_11186.html

Leonhard, W. (2012): Eigenständigkeit von Gipfeln.http://www.thehighrisepages.de/bergtouren/na_orogr.htm

Examples

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#### Example to calculateProminence
      
calculateProminence(peaklist.tupel)

gisma/perfectPeak documentation built on May 17, 2019, 5:27 a.m.