spatialEco (version 0.1-5)

sampleTransect: Sample transect

Description

Creates random transects from points and generates sample points along each transect

Usage

sampleTransect(x, min.length, max.length, id = NULL, ...)

Arguments

x

A sp point object

min.length

Minimum length of transect(s)

max.length

Maximum length of transect(s)

id

A unique indetification column in x

...

Additional arguments passed to sample.line

Examples

library(sp)
data(meuse)
coordinates(meuse) <- ~x+y
proj4string(meuse) <- CRS("+init=epsg:28992")
meuse <- meuse[sample(1:nrow(meuse),10),]

transects <- sampleTransect(meuse, min.length=200, max.length=500, min.samp = 3)
  plot(transects$transects)
    plot(transects$samples, pch=20, add=TRUE)