nearest.features: Habitat analysis: Nearest features

In mottensmann/DBChecks: Checking Database

Description

Calculates the shortest distance between a point and the edges of a feature. Preprocessing as in habitat.analysis.R

Usage

nearest.features(
  features = NULL,
  overlay = NULL,
  point = stringr::str_replace(overlay, "buffer.shp", ".shp"),
  root = "C:/OSGeo4W64"
)

Arguments

features	list of ESRI shapes
overlay	overlay ESRI shape file
point	point ESRI shape file
root	root of QGIS installation. By default attempts to find it automatically

Details

1.) If feature is a polygon convert to lines using SAGA 2.) Create points along lines 3.) find nearest match between points of both layers

mottensmann/DBChecks documentation built on Feb. 3, 2022, 9:21 p.m.