route_slope_matrix {stplanr} | R Documentation |
Calculate the gradient of line segments from a matrix of coordinates
Description
Calculate the gradient of line segments from a matrix of coordinates
Usage
route_slope_matrix(m, e = m[, 3], lonlat = TRUE)
Arguments
m |
Matrix containing coordinates and elevations |
e |
Elevations in same units as x (assumed to be metres) |
lonlat |
Are the coordinates in lon/lat order? |
See Also
Other route_funs:
route_average_gradient()
,
route_rolling_average()
,
route_rolling_diff()
,
route_rolling_gradient()
,
route_sequential_dist()
,
route_slope_vector()
Examples
x <- c(0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9)
y <- c(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 9)
z <- c(1, 2, 2, 4, 3, 1) / 10
m <- cbind(x, y, z)
plot(x, z, ylim = c(-0.5, 0.5), type = "l")
(gx <- route_slope_vector(x, z))
(gxy <- route_slope_matrix(m, lonlat = FALSE))
abline(h = 0, lty = 2)
points(x[-length(x)], gx, col = "red")
points(x[-length(x)], gxy, col = "blue")
title("Distance (in x coordinates) elevation profile",
sub = "Points show calculated gradients of subsequent lines"
)
[Package stplanr version 1.2.1 Index]