oce (version 0.1.67)

as.coastline: Coerce data into coastline dataset

Description

Coerces a sequence of latitudes and longitudes into a coastline dataset.

Usage

as.coastline(latitude, longitude)

Arguments

latitude

the latitude in decimal degrees, positive north of the equator.

longitude

the longitude in decimal degrees, positive north of Greenwich.

Value

• A coastline object.

Details

This may be used when read.coastline cannot read a file, or when the data have been manipulated.

See Also

read.coastline reads data plot.coastline plots it.