spatialEco (version 1.3-7)

geo.buffer: Buffer geographic data

Description

Buffers data in geographic (Latitude/Longitude) projection

Usage

geo.buffer(x, r, sf = FALSE, ...)

Value

an sp or sf polygon class object representing buffer for each feature

Arguments

x

A sf or sp vector class object

r

Buffer radius in meters

sf

(FALSE/TRUE) Output sf class object else sp

...

Additional arguments passed to gBuffer

Author

Jeffrey S. Evans <[e-mail]>

See Also

gBuffer for gBuffer ... arguments

Examples

library(sp)
library(raster)

s <- spsample(as(extent(61.87125, 76.64458, 23.90153, 37.27042), 
              "SpatialPolygons"), n=100, type="random")
  proj4string(s) <- '+proj=longlat +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +no_defs'  
  
b <- geo.buffer(x=s, r=1000, quadsegs=100)
  plot(b[1,])
    points(s[1,], pch=20,cex=2)