dissolve: Dissolve polygons according to unique identities

In nstauffer/aim.analysis: Analysis and Reporting of Terrestrial AIM Data Using TerrADat and Sample Design Documentation

Dissolve polygons according to unique identities

Description

For a spatial polygons data frame, return a spatial polygons data frame that contains only one observation for each unique identifier associated with the combined geometry of all polygons belonging to that identifier.

Usage

dissolve(polygons, dissolve_var)

Arguments

polygons	Spatial Polygons Data Frame. Must have at least the variable matching the value of dissolve_var.
dissolve_var	Character string. Must match the name of the variable in polygons@data that contains the unique identifiers to dissolve along.

Value

Spatial polygons data frame containing only the variable named in dissolve_var and only one observation per value in that variable.

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