perim function

Perimeter or length

Perimeter or length

This method returns the length of lines or the perimeter of polygons.

When the coordinate reference system is not longitude/latitude, you may get more accurate results by first transforming the data to longitude/latitude with project

## S4 method for signature 'SpatVector' perim(x)

Arguments

  • x: SpatVector

Returns

numeric (m)

Examples

f <- system.file("ex/lux.shp", package="terra") v <- vect(f) perim(v)
  • Maintainer: Robert J. Hijmans
  • License: GPL (>= 3)
  • Last published: 2025-02-26