geomerge.neighbor {geomerge}

Returns first and second order spatial neighbors [Auxiliary Function]

Description

Auxiliary function that uses functionality from spdep to retrieve first and second order neighbor weights.

Usage

geomerge.neighbor(polygon_input)

Arguments

polygon_input

a SpatialPolygonsDataFrame.

Details

The function serves as a wrapper for the poly2nb, nblag and nb2listw functions from spdep and returns first and second order neighbor weights using zero.policy = TRUE.

Value

Returns a list of lists of neighbor weights named "wts1" and "wts2".

Author(s)

Karsten Donnay and Andrew M. Linke.

References

Andrew M. Linke, Karsten Donnay. (2017). "Scale Variability Misclassification: The Impact of Spatial Resolution on Effect Estimates in the Geographic Analysis of Foreign Aid and Conflict." Paper presented at the International Studies Association Annual Meeting, February 22-25 2017, Baltimore.

See Also

geomerge-package, geomerge, generateGrid