mask function

Mask values in a SpatRaster or SpatVector

If x is a SpatRaster: Create a new SpatRaster that has the same values as SpatRaster x, except for the cells that are NA (or other maskvalue) in another SpatRaster (the 'mask'), or the cells that are not covered by a SpatVector or SpatExtent. These cells become NA (or another updatevalue).

If x is a SpatVector or SpatExtent: Select geometries of x that intersect, or not intersect, with the geometries of y. methods

## S4 method for signature 'SpatRaster,SpatRaster'
mask(x, mask, inverse=FALSE, maskvalues=NA, 
   updatevalue=NA, filename="", ...)
   
## S4 method for signature 'SpatRaster,SpatVector'
mask(x, mask, inverse=FALSE, updatevalue=NA,
        touches=TRUE, filename="", ...)

## S4 method for signature 'SpatRaster,SpatExtent'
mask(x, mask, inverse=FALSE, updatevalue=NA,
        touches=TRUE, filename="", ...)

## S4 method for signature 'SpatVector,SpatVector'
mask(x, mask, inverse=FALSE)

## S4 method for signature 'SpatVector,SpatExtent'
mask(x, mask, inverse=FALSE)

Arguments

• x: SpatRaster or SpatVector
• mask: SpatRaster or SpatVector
• inverse: logical. If TRUE, areas on mask that are not the maskvalue are masked
• maskvalues: numeric. The value(s) in mask that indicate which cells of x should be masked (change their value to updatevalue (default = NA))
• updatevalue: numeric. The value that masked cells should become (if they are not NA)
• touches: logical. If TRUE, all cells touched by lines or polygons will be masked, not just those on the line render path, or whose center point is within the polygon
• filename: character. Output filename
• ...: additional arguments for writing files as in writeRaster

Returns

SpatRaster

See Also

subst, crop

Examples

f <- system.file("ex/elev.tif", package="terra")
r <- rast(f)
msk <- ifel(r < 400, NA, 1)

m <- mask(r, msk)

f <- system.file("ex/lux.shp", package="terra")
v <- vect(f)[1,]

mv1 <- mask(r, v)
mv2 <- crop(r, v, mask=TRUE)