owin

Create a Window

Creates an object of class "owin" representing an observation window in the two-dimensional plane

Usage

owin(xrange=c(0,1), yrange=c(0,1), ..., poly=NULL, mask=NULL,
unitname=NULL, xy=NULL)

Details

In the spatstat library, a point pattern dataset must include information about the window of observation. This is represented by an object of class "owin". See owin.object for an overview.

To create a window in its own right, users would normally invoke owin, although sometimes as.owin may be convenient.

A window may be rectangular, polygonal, or a mask (a binary image).

• rectangular windows:If onlyxrangeandyrangeare given, then the window will be rectangular, with its$x$and$y$coordinate dimensions given by these two arguments (which must be vectors of length 2). If no arguments are given at all, the default is the unit square with dimensionsxrange=c(0,1)andyrange=c(0,1).
• polygonal windows:Ifpolyis given, then the window will be polygonal.
  • single polygon:Ifpolyis a matrix or data frame with two columns, or a structure with two component vectorsxandyof equal length, then these values are interpreted as the cartesian coordinates of the vertices of a polygon circumscribing the window. The vertices must be listedanticlockwise. No vertex should be repeated (i.e. do not repeat the first vertex).
  • multiple polygons or holes:Ifpolyis a list, each entrypoly[[i]]of which is a matrix or data frame with two columns or a structure with two component vectorsxandyof equal length, then the successive list memberspoly[[i]]are interpreted as separate polygons which together make up the boundary of the window. The vertices of each polygon must be listedanticlockwiseif the polygon is part of the external boundary, butclockwiseif the polygon is the boundary of a hole in the window. Again, do not repeat any vertex.
• binary masks:Ifmaskis given, then the window will be a binary image. The argumentmaskshould be a logical matrix such thatmask[i,j]isTRUEif the point(x[j],y[i])belongs to the window, andFALSEif it does not. Note carefully that rows ofmaskcorrespond to the$y$coordinate, and columns to the$x$coordinate. Herexandyare vectors of$x$and$y$coordinates equally spaced overxrangeandyrangerespectively. The pixel coordinate vectorsxandymay be specified explicitly using the argumentxy, which should be a list containing componentsxandy. Alternatively there is a sensible default.

Functions square and disc will create square and circular windows, respectively.

See Also

square, disc, owin.object, as.owin, complement.owin, ppp.object, ppp

Aliases

• owin

Examples

w <- owin()
  w <- owin(c(0,1), c(0,1))
  # the unit square

  w <- owin(c(10,20), c(10,30), unitname=c("foot","feet"))
  # a rectangle of dimensions 10 x 20 feet
  # with lower left corner at (10,10)

  # polygon (diamond shape)
  w <- owin(poly=list(x=c(0.5,1,0.5,0),y=c(0,1,2,1)))
  w <- owin(c(0,1), c(0,2), poly=list(x=c(0.5,1,0.5,0),y=c(0,1,2,1)))

  # polygon with hole
  ho <- owin(poly=list(list(x=c(0,1,1,0), y=c(0,0,1,1)),
                       list(x=c(0.6,0.4,0.4,0.6), y=c(0.2,0.2,0.4,0.4))))
  
  w <- owin(c(-1,1), c(-1,1), mask=matrix(TRUE, 100,100))
          # 100 x 100 image, all TRUE
  X <- raster.x(w)
  Y <- raster.y(w)
  wm <- owin(w$xrange, w$yrange, mask=(X^2 + Y^2 <= 1))
          # discrete approximation to the unit disc

  plot(c(0,1),c(0,1),type="n")
  bdry <- locator()
  # click the vertices of a polygon (anticlockwise)
  <testonly>bdry <- list(x=c(0.1,0.3,0.7,0.4,0.2),
               y=c(0.1,0.1,0.5,0.7,0.3))</testonly>
  w <- owin(poly=bdry)
  plot(w)
 
 im <- as.logical(matrix(scan("myfile"), nrow=128, ncol=128))
 # read in an arbitrary 128 x 128 digital image from text file
 rim <- im[, 128:1]
 # Assuming it was given in row-major order in the file
 # i.e. scanning left-to-right in rows from top-to-bottom,
 # the use of matrix() has effectively transposed rows & columns,
 # so to convert it to our format just reverse the column order.
 w <- owin(mask=rim)
 plot(w)
 # display it to check!