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whitebox (version 2.1.0)

wbt_minimum_bounding_box: Minimum bounding box

Description

Creates a vector minimum bounding rectangle around vector features.

Usage

wbt_minimum_bounding_box(
  input,
  output,
  criterion = "area",
  features = TRUE,
  wd = NULL,
  verbose_mode = FALSE,
  compress_rasters = FALSE
)

Arguments

input

Input vector file.

output

Output vector polygon file.

criterion

Minimization criterion; options include 'area' (default), 'length', 'width', and 'perimeter'.

features

Find the minimum bounding rectangles around each individual vector feature.

wd

Changes the working directory.

verbose_mode

Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is False, tools will not print output messages.

compress_rasters

Sets the flag used by WhiteboxTools to determine whether to use compression for output rasters.

Value

Returns the tool text outputs.