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spsurvey (version 3.1)
irsarea: Select an Independent Random Sample (IRS) of an Area Resource
Description
This function selects an independent random sample (IRS) of an area resource.
Usage
irsarea(shapefilename=NULL, areaframe, samplesize=100, SiteBegin=1, maxtry=1000)
Arguments
shapefilename
name of the input shapefile. If shapefilename equals NULL, then the shapefile or shapefiles in the working directory are used. The default is NULL.
areaframe
a data frame containing id, mdcaty and mdm.
samplesize
number of points to select in the sample. The default is 100.
SiteBegin
number to use for first site in the design. The default is 1.
maxtry
maximum number of iterations for randomly generating a point within the frame to select a site when type.frame equals "area". The default is 1000.
Value
A data frame of IRS sample points containing: SiteID, id, x, y, mdcaty, and weight.
See Also
irs