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tectonicr (version 0.4.8)

shortest_distance_to_line: Shortest distance between pairs of geometries

Description

The shortest Great Circle distance between pairs of geometries

Usage

shortest_distance_to_line(x, line, ellipsoidal = FALSE)

Value

numeric. Shortest distance in meters

Arguments

x, line

objects of class sfg, sfc or sf

ellipsoidal

Logical. Whether the distance is calculated using spherical distances (sf::st_distance()) or ellipsoidal distances (lwgeom::st_geod_distance()).

Examples

Run this code
plate_boundary <- subset(plates, plates$pair == "na-pa")
shortest_distance_to_line(san_andreas, plate_boundary) |>
  head()

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