combinePolys {PBSmapping} | R Documentation |
Combine Several Polygons into a Single Polygon
Description
Combine several polygons into a single polygon by modifying the
PID
and SID
indices.
Usage
combinePolys (polys)
Arguments
polys |
PolySet with one or more polygons, each with possibly several components/holes. |
Details
This function accepts a PolySet containing one or more polygons
(PID
s), each with one or more components or holes
(SID
s). The SID
column need not exist in the input.
The function combines these polygons into a single polygon by simply
renumbering the PID
and SID
indices. The resulting
PolySet contains a single PID
(with the value 1) and uses
the SID
value to differentiate between polygons, their
components, and holes.
Value
PolySet, possibly with the addition of an SID
column if
it did not already exist. The function may also reorder columns such
that PID
, SID
, POS
, X
and Y
appear
first, in that order.
Author(s)
Nicholas M. Boers, Staff Software Engineer
Jobber, Edmonton AB
Last modified Rd: 2007-06-06