raster: Create a RasterLayer object

Description

Methods to create a RasterLayer object. RasterLayer objects can be created from scratch, a file, an Extent object, a matrix, an 'image' object, or from a Raster*, Spatial*, im (spatstat) asc, kasc (adehabitat*), grf (geoR) or kde object. In many cases, e.g. when a RasterLayer is created from a file, it does (initially) not contain any cell (pixel) values in (RAM) memory, it only has the parameters that describe the RasterLayer. You can access cell-values with getValues, extract and related functions. You can assign new values with setValues and with replacement. For an overview of the functions in the raster package have a look here: raster-package.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'character':
raster(x, band=1, ...)

## S3 method for class 'RasterLayer':
raster(x) 

## S3 method for class 'RasterStack':
raster(x, layer=0) 

## S3 method for class 'RasterBrick':
raster(x, layer=0) 

## S3 method for class 'missing':
raster(nrows=180, ncols=360, xmn=-180, xmx=180, ymn=-90, ymx=90, crs, ext)

## S3 method for class 'Extent':
raster(x, nrows=10, ncols=10, crs=NA, ...)

## S3 method for class 'matrix':
raster(x, xmn=0, xmx=1, ymn=0, ymx=1, crs=NA, template=NULL)

## S3 method for class 'big.matrix':
raster(x, xmn=0, xmx=1, ymn=0, ymx=1, crs=NA, template=NULL)

## S3 method for class 'Spatial':
raster(x, ...) 

## S3 method for class 'SpatialGrid':
raster(x, layer=1, values=TRUE)

## S3 method for class 'SpatialPixels':
raster(x, layer=1, values=TRUE)

Arguments

filename (character), Extent, Raster*, SpatialPixels*, SpatialGrid*, object, 'image', matrix, im, or missing. Supported file types are the 'native' raster package format and those that can be read via rgdal (see

band

integer. The layer to use in a multi-layer file

...

Additional arguments, see Details

layer

integer. The layer to use in a multi-layer file, or the layer to extract from a RasterStack/Brick. If the latter case, an empty RasterLayer (no associated values) is returned if layer=0

values

logical. If TRUE, the cell values of 'x' are copied to the RasterLayer object that is returned

nrows

integer > 0. Number of rows

ncols

integer > 0. Number of columns

xmn

minimum x coordinate (left border)

xmx

maximum x coordinate (right border)

ymn

minimum y coordinate (bottom border)

ymx

maximum y coordinate (top border)

ext

object of class Extent. If present, the arguments xmn, xmx, ymn and ynx are ignored

crs

character or object of class CRS. PROJ.4 type description of a Coordinate Reference System (map projection). If this argument is missing, and the x coordinates are withing -360 .. 360 and the y coordinates are within -90 .. 90, "+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84

template

Raster* or Extent object used to set the extent (and CRS in case of a Raster* object). If not NULL, arguments xmn, xmx, ymn, ymx and crs (unless template is an Exte

Value

RasterLayer

Details

If x represents a filename, the following additional variables are recognized: sub: positive integer. Subdataset number for a file with subdatasets native: logical. Default is FALSE except when package rgdal is missing. If TRUE, reading and writing of IDRISI, BIL, BSQ, BIP, SAGA, and Arc ASCII files is done with native (raster package) drivers, rather then via rgdal. 'raster' and netcdf format files are always read with native drivers. RAT: logical. The default is TRUE, in which case a raster attribute table is created for files that have one offset: integer. To indicate the number of header rows on non-standard ascii files (rarely useful; use with caution) crs: character. PROJ.4 string to set the CRS. Ignored when the file provides a CRS description that can be interpreted. If x represents a NetCDF file, the following additional variable is recognized: varname: character. The variable name, such as 'tasmax' or 'pr'. If not supplied and the file has multiple variables are a guess will be made (and reported) lvar: integer > 0 (default=3). To select the 'level variable' (3rd dimension variable) to use, if the file has 4 dimensions (e.g. depth instead of time) level: integer > 0 (default=1). To select the 'level' (4th dimension variable) to use, if the file has 4 dimensions, e.g. to create a RasterBrick of weather over time at a certain height. To use NetCDF files the ncdf or the ncdf4 package needs to be available. If both are available, ncdf4 is used. Only the ncdf4 package can read the most recent version (4) of the netCDF format (as well as older versions), for windows it not available on CRAN but can be downloaded http://cirrus.ucsd.edu/~pierce/ncdf/{here}. It is assumed that these files follow, or are compatible with, the CF convention (The GMT format may also work). If the ncdf file does not have a standard extension (which is used to recognize the file format), you can use argument ncdf=TRUE to indicate the format.

Examples

Run this code

# Create a RasterLayer object from a file
#   N.B.: For your own files, omit the 'system.file' and 'package="raster"' bits
#   these are just to get the path to files installed with the package

f <- system.file("external/test.grd", package="raster")
f
r <- raster(f)

logo <- raster(system.file("external/rlogo.grd", package="raster")) 


#from scratch
r1 <- raster(nrows=108, ncols=21, xmn=0, xmx=10)

#from an Extent object
e <- extent(r)
r2 <- raster(e)

#from another Raster* object
r3 <- raster(r)
s <- stack(r, r, r)
r4 <- raster(s)
r5 <- raster(s, 3)


# from NSIDC sea ice concentration file
baseurl <- "ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/DATASETS/"
# southern hemisphere
f <- paste(baseurl, "nsidc0081_nrt_nasateam_seaice/south/nt_20130114_f17_nrt_s.bin", sep='')
# or northern hemisphere
# f <- paste(baseurl, "nsidc0081_nrt_nasateam_seaice/north/nt_20130105_f17_nrt_n.bin", sep='')

download.file(f, basename(f), mode = "wb")
ice <- raster(basename(f))