sphere function

sphere

Initialisation of the 2-sphere, S2.

sphere(radius = 6371)

Arguments

• radius: radius of sphere

Details

The 2D surface of a sphere is initialised using a radius parameter. The default value of the radius R is R=6371 km, Earth's radius, while the measure used to compute distances on the sphere is the great-circle distance on a sphere of radius R.

Examples

S <- sphere()
print(sp::dimensions(S))