dissolve {riverdist}

Dissolve

Description

Acts like a spatial dissolve within a GIS environment. Simplifies a river network object by combining "runs" of segments with no other connections.

Usage

dissolve(rivers)

Arguments

rivers

The river network object to use

Value

A new river network object with segments combined

Note

This function is called within cleanup, which is recommended in most cases.

Author(s)

Matt Tyers

See Also

line2network

Examples

data(Kenai2)
plot(x=Kenai2)

Kenai2dissolve <- dissolve(rivers=Kenai2)
plot(x=Kenai2dissolve)