oce (version 0.9-18)

coastlineBest: Find the name of the best coastline file

Description

Find the name of the most appropriate coastline for a given locale

Usage

coastlineBest(lonRange, latRange, span,
    debug=getOption("oceDebug"))

Arguments

lonRange

range of longitude for locale

latRange

range of latitude for locale

span

span of domain in km (if provided, previous two arguments are ignored).

debug

set to a positive value to get debugging information during processing.

Value

• The name of a coastline that can be loaded with data().

Details

Checks coastlineWorld, coastlineWorldFine and coastlineWorldCoarse, in that order, to find the one most appropriate for the locale.