secr (version 2.4.0)

distancetotrap: Distance To Nearest Detector

Description

Compute distance from each of a set of points to the nearest detector in an array, or return the sequence number of the detector nearest each point.

Usage

distancetotrap(X, traps)

nearesttrap(X, traps)

Arguments

X

coordinates

traps

traps object or 2-column matrix of coordinates

Value

• distancetotrap returns a vector of distances (assumed to be in metres). nearesttrap returns the index of the nearest trap.

Details

distancetotrap returns the distance from each point in X to the nearest detector in traps. It may be used to restrict the points on a habitat mask.

See Also

make.mask

Examples

## restrict a habitat mask to points within 70 m of traps  
  ## this is nearly equivalent to using make.mask with the 
  ## `trapbuffer' option
  temptrap <- make.grid()
  tempmask <- make.mask(temptrap)
  d <- distancetotrap(tempmask, temptrap)
  tempmask <- subset(tempmask, d < 70)