pip {splancs}R Documentation

Points inside or outside a polygon

Description

Return points inside or outside a polygon.

Usage

pip(pts,poly,out=F)

Arguments

pts A points data set
poly A polygon data set
out If out=T, return the points outside the polygon, else the points inside.

Value

pip returns the points of pts that lie inside (or outside with out=T) the polygon poly. Compare this with inpip, which returns the indices of the points in the polygon, and inout which returns a logical vector indicating whether points are inside or outside.

METHOD

pip calls inout, then selects the appropriate sub-set of points.

References

Rowlingson, B. and Diggle, P. 1993 Splancs: spatial point pattern analysis code in S-Plus. Computers and Geosciences, 19, 627-655; the original sources can be accessed at: http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk/~rowlings/Splancs/. See also Bivand, R. and Gebhardt, A. 2000 Implementing functions for spatial statistical analysis using the R language. Journal of Geographical Systems, 2, 307-317.

See Also

inpip, inout