hexify (version 0.3.8)

dgearthstat: Get grid statistics for Earth coverage

Description

Calculates statistics about the hexagonal grid at the current resolution, including total number of cells, cell area, and cell spacing.

Usage

dgearthstat(dggs)

Value

List with components:

area_km

Total Earth surface area in km^2

n_cells

Total number of cells at this resolution

cell_area_km2

Average cell area in km^2

cell_spacing_km

Average distance between cell centers in km

resolution

Resolution level

aperture

Grid aperture

Arguments

dggs

Grid specification from hexify_grid()

See Also

Other grid statistics: dg_closest_res_to_area(), hexify_area_to_eff_res(), hexify_compare_resolutions(), hexify_eff_res_to_area(), hexify_eff_res_to_resolution(), hexify_resolution_to_eff_res()

Examples

grid <- hexify_grid(area = 1000, aperture = 3)
stats <- dgearthstat(grid)

print(sprintf("Resolution %d has %.0f cells",
              stats$resolution, stats$n_cells))
print(sprintf("Average cell area: %.2f km^2",
              stats$cell_area_km2))
print(sprintf("Average cell spacing: %.2f km",
              stats$cell_spacing_km))