sen2r (version 1.6.0)

s2_tiles: Load Sentinel-2 tiles

Description

Load the vector object of the Sentinel-2 tiles. When the function is run for the first time, it downloads the vector file from the sen2r GitHub repository and it saves it on disk.

Usage

s2_tiles()

Value

An sf spatial object containing the extent of the tiles.

Author

Luigi Ranghetti, phD (2019)

References

L. Ranghetti, M. Boschetti, F. Nutini, L. Busetto (2020). "sen2r": An R toolbox for automatically downloading and preprocessing Sentinel-2 satellite data. Computers & Geosciences, 139, 104473. tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1016/j.cageo.2020.104473"), URL: https://sen2r.ranghetti.info/.

Examples

# \donttest{
# Retrieve all the tiles
s2tiles <- s2_tiles()

# Extract a subset of all the tiles
s2tiles_ch <- s2tiles[grepl("32T[LMN][ST]", s2tiles$tile_id),]
s2_coords <- sf::st_coordinates(suppressWarnings(sf::st_centroid(s2tiles_ch)))

# Show the tiles
plot(s2tiles_ch$geometry, border = "black")
text(s2_coords[,1], s2_coords[,2], s2tiles_ch$tile_id, cex = .75)
# }