sphere {FRK} | R Documentation |
sphere
Description
Initialisation of the 2-sphere, S2.
Usage
sphere(radius = 6371)
Arguments
radius |
radius of sphere |
Details
The 2D surface of a sphere is initialised using a radius
parameter. The default value of the radius R
is R
=6371 km, Earth's radius, while the measure used to compute distances on the sphere is the great-circle distance on a sphere of radius R
.
Examples
S <- sphere()
print(sp::dimensions(S))
[Package FRK version 2.3.1 Index]