spatstat (version 1.17-1)

rescue.rectangle: Convert Window Back To Rectangle

Description

Determines whether the given window is really a rectangle aligned with the coordinate axes, and if so, converts it to a rectangle object.

Usage

rescue.rectangle(W)

Arguments

W

A window (object of class "owin").

Value

• Another object of class "owin" representing the same window.

Details

This function decides whether the window W is actually a rectangle aligned with the coordinate axes. This will be true if W is

• a rectangle (window object of type"rectangle");
• a polygon (window object of type"polygonal"with a single polygonal boundary) that is a rectangle aligned with the coordinate axes;
• a binary mask (window object of type"mask") in which all the pixel entries areTRUE.

If so, the function returns this rectangle, a window object of type "rectangle". If not, the function returns W.

See Also

as.owin, owin.object

Examples

w <- owin(poly=list(x=c(0,1,1,0),y=c(0,0,1,1)))
  rw <- rescue.rectangle(w)

  w <- as.mask(unit.square())
  rw <- rescue.rectangle(w)