rgeos (version 0.3-22)

gLength: Length of Geometry

Description

Calculates the length of the given geometry.

Usage

gLength(spgeom, byid=FALSE)

Arguments

spgeom

sp object as defined in package sp

byid

Logical determining if the function should be applied across subgeometries (TRUE) or the entire object (FALSE)

Value

See Also

gArea

Examples

gLength(readWKT("POINT(1 1)"))

gLength(readWKT("LINESTRING(0 0,1 1,2 2)"))
gLength(readWKT("LINESTRING(0 0,1 1,2 0,3 1)"))

gLength(readWKT("POLYGON((0 0,3 0,3 3,0 3,0 0))"))
gLength(readWKT("POLYGON((0 0,3 0,3 3,0 3,0 0),(1 1,2 1,2 2,1 2,1 1))"))