geoarea.old: Old method for calculating geographical area

In geo: Draw and Annotate Maps, Especially Charts of the North Atlantic

Description

Calculates the area inside a geographical region by splitting it into a grid, determining which gridpoints are inside the region and then finds the area.

Usage

geoarea.old(reg, n, robust = T)

Arguments

reg	Region of interest, list with components lat and lon.
n	Numeber of gridpoints to use for calculating the area.
robust	Robust or not, defaults to TRUE.

Value

Geographical area in square nautical miles.

Note

Difference between old and new geoarea-method might be explained better, if indeed it is necessary to keep the old method.

See Also

geoarea.

geo documentation built on May 2, 2019, 5:22 p.m.