Lindsay and Seibert's (2013) branch length index is used to map drainage divides or ridge lines.
wbt_max_branch_length(
dem,
output,
log = FALSE,
wd = NULL,
verbose_mode = FALSE,
compress_rasters = FALSE
)
Input raster DEM file.
Output raster file.
Optional flag to request the output be log-transformed.
Changes the working directory.
Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is False, tools will not print output messages.
Sets the flag used by WhiteboxTools to determine whether to use compression for output rasters.
Returns the tool text outputs.