get_dist_line {geocausal}

Get distance maps from lines and polygons

Description

'get_dist_line()' generates a distance map from lines and polygons.

Usage

get_dist_line(
  window,
  path_to_shapefile,
  line_data = NULL,
  mile = FALSE,
  resolution,
  preprocess = TRUE
)

Arguments

window

owin object

path_to_shapefile

path to shapefile

line_data

sfc_MULTILINESTRING file (If available. If not, 'get_dist_line()' creates it from a shapefile.)

mile

logical. 'mile' specifies whether to return the output in miles instead of kilometers (by default, FALSE).

resolution

resolution of raster objects

preprocess

logical. 'preprocess' specifies whether to first pick the potentially closest point. It is recommended to set 'preprocess = TRUE' if users need to obtain distances from many points.

Value

an im object