Region-class {dssd}

Class "Region"

Description

Class "Region" is an S4 class containing descriptions of the study area. Uses an object of class

Slots

region.name

Object of class "character"; giving the name of the region.

strata.name

Object of class "character"; character vector giving the names of the strata.

units

Object of class "character"; character describing the coordinate units ("km" or "m")

area

Object of class "numeric"; the area of the survey region

region

Object of class "sf" defining the survey region

Objects from the Class

Objects can be created by calls of the form make.region(region.name = "region.name", shapefile = region.shapefile)

Methods

get.area

signature(obj = "Region"): retrieves the area element

plot

signature(x = "Region", y = "missing"): plots the survey region defined by the object.

See Also

make.region