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raster (version 2.8-4)

Geographic Data Analysis and Modeling

Description

Reading, writing, manipulating, analyzing and modeling of gridded spatial data. The package implements basic and high-level functions. Processing of very large files is supported.

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install.packages('raster')

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Version

2.8-4

License

GPL (>= 3)

Maintainer

Robert Hijmans

Last Published

November 3rd, 2018

Functions in raster (2.8-4)

NAvalue

Set the NA value of a RasterLayer
RGB

Create a Red-Green-Blue Raster object
alignExtent

Align an extent (object of class Extent)
animate

Animate layers of a Raster* object
as.matrix

Get a vector, matrix, or array with raster cell values
as.raster

Coerce to a 'raster' object
clamp

Clamp values
clearValues

Clear values
cluster

Use a multi-core cluster
colortable

colortable
extract

Extract values from Raster objects
focal

Focal values
Extract by index

Indexing to extract values of a Raster* object
focalWeight

Focal weights matrix
getValuesFocal

Get focal raster cell values
gridDistance

Distance on a grid
Extent-class

Class "Extent"
Logic-methods

Logical operators and functions
Math-methods

Mathematical functions
calc

Calculate
Raster-class

Raster* classes
cellFrom

Get cell, row, or column number
compareRaster

Compare Raster objects
layerStats

Correlation and (weighted) covariance
KML

Write a KML or KMZ file
Summary-methods

Summary methods
addLayer

Add or drop a layer
compareCRS

Partially compare two CRS objects
rotate

Rotate
layerize

Layerize
modal

modal value
metadata

Metadata
Rcpp-class

Rcpp classes
cut

Convert values to classes
approxNA

Estimate values for cell values that are NA by interpolating between layers
area

Size of cells
cv

Coefficient of variation
stackSave

Save or open a RasterStack file
rotated

Do the raster cells have a rotation?
bind

Bind Spatial* objects
extension

Filename extensions
extent

Extent
freq

Frequency table
Gain and offset

Gain and offset of values on file
hillShade

Hill shading
scale

Scale values
blockSize

Block size for writing files
bands

Number of bands
shift

Shift
hist

Histogram
cellStats

Statistics across cells
barplot

Bar plot of a RasterLayer
Slope and aspect

Slope and aspect
corLocal

Local correlation coefficient
intersect

Intersect
Arith-methods

Arithmetic with Raster* objects
isLonLat

Is this longitude/latitude data?
Compare-methods

Compare Raster* objects
as.character

Character representation of a Raster or Extent object
adjacent

Adjacent cells
as.data.frame

Get a data.frame with raster cell values, or coerce SpatialPolygons, Lines, or Points to a data.frame
aggregate

Aggregate raster cells or SpatialPolygons/Lines
nlayers

Number of layers
origin

Origin
cover

Replace NA values with values of other layers
projectRaster

Project a Raster object
atan2

Two argument arc-tangent
cellsFromExtent

Cells from extent, and vice versa
autocorrelation

Spatial autocorrelation
density

Density plot
dim

Dimensions of a Raster* object
as.list

Create a list of RasterLayer objects
as.logical

Change cell values to logical or integer values
erase

projection

Get or set a coordinate reference system (projection)
contour

Contour plot
Extreme coordinates

Coordinates of the Extent of a Raster object
extend

Extend
boundaries

boundaries (edges) detection
brick

Create a RasterBrick object
flip

Flip
subset

Subset layers in a Raster* object
raster-package

Overview of the functions in the raster package
direction

Direction
buffer

buffer
substitute

Substitute values in a Raster* object
flowPath

Flow path
image

Image
inifile

Read a .ini file
disaggregate

Disaggregate
raster

Create a RasterLayer object
crop

Crop
names

Names of raster layers
round

Integer values
Extent math

round Extent coordinates
scalebar

scalebar
select

Geometric subsetting
boxplot

Box plot of Raster objects
stack

Create a RasterStack object
ncell

Number or rows, columns, and cells of a Raster* object
click

Query by clicking on a map
clump

Detect clumps
union

Union Extent or SpatialPolygons* objects
filename

Filename
drawExtent

Create an Extent object by drawing on a map
draw

Draw a line or polygon
predict

Spatial model predictions
filledContour

Filled contour plot
unique

Unique values
crosstab

Cross-tabulate
Programming

Helper functions for programming
Options

Global options for the raster package
z-values

Get or set z-values
dataType

Data type
extremeValues

Minimum and maximum values
hdr

Header files
factors

Factors
datasource

Are values in memory and/or on disk?
distance

Distance
distanceFromPoints

Distance from points
head

Show the head or tail of a Raster* object
match

Value matching for Raster* objects
geom

Get the coordinates of a vector type Spatial* object
rasterTmpFile

Temporary files
merge

Merge Raster* objects
stackApply

Apply a function on subsets of a RasterStack or RasterBrick
transpose

Transpose
plotRGB

Red-Green-Blue plot of a multi-layered Raster object
trim

Trim
getData

Get geographic data
xyFromCell

Coordinates from a row, column or cell number
rectify

rectify a Raster object
zApply

z (time) apply
getValues

Get raster cell values
replacement

Replace cell values or layers of a Raster* object
rasterFromCells

Subset a raster by cell numbers
pointDistance

Distance between points
localFun

Local functions
sp

Create SpatialLines* or SpatialPolygons*
mask

Mask values in a Raster object
persp

Perspective plot
rasterFromXYZ

Create a Raster* object from x, y, z values
plot

Plot a Raster* object
resample

Resample a Raster object
spplot

Use spplot to plot a Raster* object
properties

Raster file properties
quantile

Raster quantiles
getValuesBlock

Get a block of raster cell values
resolution

Resolution
rasterToPolygons

Raster to polygons conversion
rowFromCell

Row or column number from a cell number
stackSelect

Select cell values from a multi-layer Raster* object
rasterize

Rasterize points, lines, or polygons
initialize

Intitialize a Raster object with values
rowSums

rowSums and colSums for Raster objects
mosaic

Merge Raster* objects using a function for overlapping areas
interpolate

Interpolate
movingFun

Moving functions
overlay

Overlay Raster objects
Summary

Summary
symdif

Symetrical difference
which.min

Where is the min or max value?
sampleRegular

Regular sample
sampleStratified

Stratified random sample
writeFormats

File types for writing
setValues

Set values of a Raster object
validCell

Validity of a cell, column or row number
shapefile

Read or write a shapefile
pairs

Pairs plot (matrix of scatterplots)
stretch

Stretch
weighted.mean

Weighted mean of rasters
which

Which cells are TRUE?
validNames

Create valid names
rasterToContour

Raster to contour lines conversion
rasterToPoints

Raster to points conversion
readAll

Read values from disk
reclassify

Reclassify
writeRaster

Write raster data to a file
writeValues

Write values to a file
SampleInt

Sample integer values
sampleRandom

Random sample
setExtent

Set the extent of a RasterLayer
unstack

Unstack
terrain

Terrain characteristics
zoom

Zoom in on a map
zonal

Zonal statistics
update

Update raster cells of files (on disk)
text

Add labels to a map
setMinMax

Compute min and max values