compare {trajectories}

Compares objects of class Track

Description

Calculates distances between two tracks for the overlapping time interval.

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'Track'
compare(tr1, tr2)

Arguments

tr1

An object of class Track.

tr2

An object of class Track.

Value

A difftrack object. Includes both tracks extended with additional points for the timestamps of the other track. Also includes SpatialLines representing the distances between the tracks.

Author(s)

Nikolai Gorte <[e-mail]>

Examples

## example tracks
library(sp)
library(xts)
data(A3)
track2 <- A3
index(track2@time) <- index(track2@time) + 32
track2@sp@coords <- track2@sp@coords + 0.003

## compare and plot
difftrack <- compare(A3, track2)
plot(difftrack)