lengthLine function

Length of lines

Compute the length of lines

lengthLine(line)

Arguments

• line: longitude/latitude of line as a matrix of 2 columns (first one is longitude, second is latitude) or a SpatialLines* or SpatialPolygons* object

Returns

length (in meters) for each line

See Also

For planar coordinates, see the terra or sf packages

Examples

line <- rbind(c(-180,-20), c(-150,-10), c(-140,55), c(10, 0), c(-140,-60))
d <- lengthLine(line)