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raster (version 2.9-5)

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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2.9-5

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GPL (>= 3)

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May 14th, 2019

Functions in raster (2.9-5)

Logic-methods

Logical operators and functions
approxNA

Estimate values for cell values that are NA by interpolating between layers
Math-methods

Mathematical functions
area

Size of cells
atan2

Two argument arc-tangent
autocorrelation

Spatial autocorrelation
clamp

Clamp values
clearValues

Clear values
cluster

Use a multi-core cluster
colortable

colortable
direction

Direction
disaggregate

Disaggregate
erase

extend

Extend
filename

Filename
filledContour

Filled contour plot
hillShade

Hill shading
NAvalue

Set the NA value of a RasterLayer
hist

Histogram
RGB

Create a Red-Green-Blue Raster object
adjacent

Adjacent cells
image

Image
aggregate

Aggregate raster cells or SpatialPolygons/Lines
inifile

Read a .ini file
match

Value matching for Raster* objects
bind

Bind Spatial* objects
blockSize

Block size for writing files
merge

Merge Raster* objects
calc

Calculate
predict

Spatial model predictions
cellFrom

Get cell, row, or column number
compareRaster

Compare Raster objects
Programming

Helper functions for programming
rotate

Rotate
compareCRS

Partially compare two CRS objects
rotated

Do the raster cells have a rotation?
Arith-methods

Arithmetic with Raster* objects
round

Integer values
crop

Crop
Extent math

round Extent coordinates
sp

Create SpatialLines* or SpatialPolygons*
Compare-methods

Compare Raster* objects
alignExtent

Align an extent (object of class Extent)
spplot

Use spplot to plot a Raster* object
transpose

Transpose
crosstab

Cross-tabulate
contour

Contour plot
animate

Animate layers of a Raster* object
Extreme coordinates

Coordinates of the Extent of a Raster object
z-values

Get or set z-values
trim

Trim
density

Density plot
cut

Convert values to classes
click

Query by clicking on a map
dim

Dimensions of a Raster* object
extension

Filename extensions
extent

Extent
draw

Draw a line or polygon
drawExtent

Create an Extent object by drawing on a map
focal

Focal values
extremeValues

Minimum and maximum values
focalWeight

Focal weights matrix
Raster-class

Raster* classes
Rcpp-class

Rcpp classes
factors

Factors
Summary-methods

Summary methods
initialize

Intitialize a Raster object with values
hdr

Header files
interpolate

Interpolate
as.data.frame

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

Add or drop a layer
bands

Number of bands
metadata

Metadata
barplot

Bar plot of a RasterLayer
boundaries

boundaries (edges) detection
boxplot

Box plot of Raster objects
getData

Get geographic data
head

Show the head or tail of a Raster* object
dataType

Data type
modal

modal value
layerStats

Correlation and (weighted) covariance
datasource

Are values in memory and/or on disk?
layerize

Layerize
persp

Perspective plot
nlayers

Number of layers
distance

Distance
distanceFromPoints

Distance from points
getValuesFocal

Get focal raster cell values
as.list

Create a list of RasterLayer objects
gridDistance

Distance on a grid
names

Names of raster layers
origin

Origin
plot

Plot a Raster* object
ncell

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

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

Distance between points
Options

Global options for the raster package
properties

Raster file properties
rasterFromCells

Subset a raster by cell numbers
rasterTmpFile

Temporary files
quantile

Raster quantiles
rectify

rectify a Raster object
rasterFromXYZ

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

Raster to polygons conversion
readAll

Read values from disk
rasterize

Rasterize points, lines, or polygons
replacement

Replace cell values or layers of a Raster* object
SampleInt

Sample integer values
sampleRandom

Random sample
geom

Get the coordinates of a vector type Spatial* object
reclassify

Reclassify
sampleRegular

Regular sample
setValues

Set values of a Raster object
sampleStratified

Stratified random sample
rowFromCell

Row or column number from a cell number
scalebar

scalebar
select

Geometric subsetting
shapefile

Read or write a shapefile
stack

Create a RasterStack object
terrain

Terrain characteristics
stackApply

Apply a function on subsets of a RasterStack or RasterBrick
writeRaster

Write raster data to a file
buffer

buffer
text

Add labels to a map
union

Union Extent or SpatialPolygons* objects
rowSums

rowSums and colSums for Raster objects
as.character

Character representation of a Raster or Extent object
unique

Unique values
subset

Subset layers in a Raster* object
writeValues

Write values to a file
weighted.mean

Weighted mean of rasters
Extent-class

Class "Extent"
substitute

Substitute values in a Raster* object
KML

Write a KML or KMZ file
which

Which cells are TRUE?
zonal

Zonal statistics
zoom

Zoom in on a map
brick

Create a RasterBrick object
freq

Frequency table
as.matrix

Get a vector, matrix, or array with raster cell values
cellsFromExtent

Cells from extent, and vice versa
as.raster

Coerce to a 'raster' object
corLocal

Local correlation coefficient
cellStats

Statistics across cells
as.logical

Change cell values to logical or integer values
cover

Replace NA values with values of other layers
extract

Extract values from Raster objects
Extract by index

Indexing to extract values of a Raster* object
flip

Flip
mosaic

Merge Raster* objects using a function for overlapping areas
flowPath

Flow path
localFun

Local functions
getValues

Get raster cell values
getValuesBlock

Get a block of raster cell values
mask

Mask values in a Raster object
Gain and offset

Gain and offset of values on file
projectRaster

Project a Raster object
pairs

Pairs plot (matrix of scatterplots)
clump

Detect clumps
projection

Get or set a coordinate reference system (projection)
cv

Coefficient of variation
rasterToPoints

Raster to points conversion
raster-package

Overview of the functions in the raster package
scale

Scale values
isLonLat

Is this longitude/latitude data?
raster

Create a RasterLayer object
xyFromCell

Coordinates from a row, column or cell number
shift

Shift
intersect

Intersect
setExtent

Set the extent of a RasterLayer
Slope and aspect

Slope and aspect
zApply

z (time) apply
movingFun

Moving functions
Summary

Summary
overlay

Overlay Raster objects
rasterToContour

Raster to contour lines conversion
resample

Resample a Raster object
setMinMax

Compute min and max values
symdif

Symetrical difference
unstack

Unstack
validCell

Validity of a cell, column or row number
resolution

Resolution
update

Update raster cells of files (on disk)
which.min

Where is the min or max value?
writeFormats

File types for writing
stackSave

Save or open a RasterStack file
stretch

Stretch
stackSelect

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

Create valid names