aspace (version 4.0.1)

CF: Central Feature (CF) Calculator

Description

Identifies the central feature within a set of point locations.

Usage

CF(id=1, points=NULL, verbose=FALSE)

Value

The returned result is a list:

TYPE

The type of calculation results stored in the object: BOX, SDD, SDE, CF, or CF2PTS

DATE

The date and time that the function was run

LOCATIONS

Locations pertinent for the BOX that can be used with ATTRIBUTES if wishing to build a vector point file for geographic data outside of this pacakge.

FORPLOTTING

Coordinates and identifiers used for plotting.

ATTRIBUTES

Attributes for the output BOX that can be used with LOCATIONS coordinates if wishing to build a vector point file for geographic data outside of this package.

id

Identifier for the central feature - it should be unique

CF.x

X-coordinate of the central feature

CF.y

Y-coordinate of the central feature

Arguments

id

A unique integer to identify the CF

points

A 2-column matrix or data frame containing the set of point observations

verbose

Boolean flag for verbose output to monitor

Author

Randy Bui, Ron Buliung, Tarmo K Remmel

Details

Use the LOCATIONS element in the output list object along with the ATTRIBUTES elements can be used to produce shapefiles or other vector point files for geographic data.

See Also

mean_centre, median_centre

Examples

# CF EXAMPLE
data(activities)
a <- CF(id=1, points=activities)
str(a)
print(a)

# BOX TO SHAPEFILE EXAMPLE (REMOVE THE COMMENTS TO RUN)
# shp <- convert.to.shapefile(a$LOCATIONS, a$ATTRIBUTES, "id", 5)
# write.shapefile(shp, "CF_Shape", arcgis=T)