densifyMat: Add vertices to a linear path to ensure curvature

Description Usage Arguments Details Value

View source: R/utils.r

Description

This function takes a matrix of coordinates in longlat that define a pathy, and returns a denser matrix with more vertices based on a minimum allowed distance.

Usage

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densifyMat(x, minm = 1852 * 10)

Arguments

x

matrix of coordinates, long/lat

minm

default distance in metres on a great cicle

Details

The function assumes each segment is a great circle, on the Vincenty ellipsoid distVincentyEllipsoid.

Value

matrix


mdsumner/cconvention documentation built on Feb. 24, 2020, 10:50 a.m.