project function

Change the coordinate reference system

Change the coordinate reference system ("project") of a SpatVector, SpatRaster or a matrix with coordinates.

## S4 method for signature 'SpatVector'
project(x, y, partial = FALSE)

## S4 method for signature 'SpatRaster'
project(x, y, method, mask=FALSE, align_only=FALSE, res=NULL, 
        origin=NULL, threads=FALSE, filename="", ..., use_gdal=TRUE, by_util = FALSE)

## S4 method for signature 'SpatExtent'
project(x, from, to)

## S4 method for signature 'matrix'
project(x, from, to)

Arguments

• x: SpatRaster, SpatVector, SpatExtent or matrix (with x and y columns) whose coordinates to project

• y: if x is a SpatRaster, the preferred approach is for y to be a SpatRaster as well, serving as a template for the geometry (extent and resolution) of the output SpatRaster. Alternatively, you can provide a coordinate reference system (CRS) description.

  You can use the following formats to define coordinate reference systems: WKT, PROJ.4 (e.g., +proj=longlat +datum=WGS84), or an EPSG code (e.g., "epsg:4326"). But note that the PROJ.4 notation has been deprecated, and you can only use it with the WGS84/NAD83 and NAD27 datums. Other datums are silently ignored.

  If x is a SpatVector, you can provide a crs definition as discussed above, or any other object from which such a crs can be extracted with crs

• partial: logical. If TRUE, geometries that can only partially be represented in the output crs are included in the output

• method: character. Method used for estimating the new cell values of a SpatRaster. One of:

  bilinear: bilinear interpolation (3x3 cell window). This is used by default if the first layer of x is not categorical

  average: This can be a good choice with continuous variables if the output cells overlap with multiple input cells.

  near: nearest neighbor. This is used by default if the first layer of x is categorical. This method is not a good choice for continuous values.

  mode: The modal value. This can be a good choice for categrical rasters, if the output cells overlap with multiple input cells.

  cubic: cubic interpolation (5x5 cell window).

  cubicspline: cubic B-spline interpolation. (5x5 cell window).

  lanczos: Lanczos windowed sinc resampling. (7x7 cell window).

  sum: the weighted sum of all non-NA contributing grid cells.

  min, q1, median, q3, max: the minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, or maximum value.

  rms: the root-mean-square value of all non-NA contributing grid cells.

• mask: logical. If TRUE, mask out areas outside the input extent. For example, to avoid data wrapping around the date-line (see example with Robinson projection). To remove cells that are NA in y (if y is a SpatRaster) you can use the mask method after calling project (this function)

• align_only: logical. If TRUE, and y is a SpatRaster, the template is used for the spatial resolution and origin, but the extent is set such that all of the extent of x is included

• res: numeric. Can be used to set the resolution of the output raster if y is a CRS

• origin: numeric. Can be used to set the origin of the output raster if y is a CRS

• threads: logical. If TRUE multiple threads are used (faster for large files)

• filename: character. Output filename

• ...: additional arguments for writing files as in writeRaster

• use_gdal: logical. If TRUE the GDAL-warp algorithm is used. Otherwise, a slower internal algorithm is used that may be more accurate if there is much variation in the cell sizes of the output raster. Only the near and bilinear algorithms are available for the internal algorithm

• by_util: logical. If TRUE and gdal=TRUE, the GDAL warp utility is used

• from: character. Coordinate reference system of x

• to: character. Output coordinate reference system

Returns

SpatVector or SpatRaster

See Also

crs, resample

Note

The PROJ.4 notation of coordinate reference systems has been partly deprecated in the GDAL/PROJ library that is used by this function. You can still use this notation, but only with the WGS84 datum. Other datums are silently ignored.

Transforming (projecting) raster data is fundamentally different from transforming vector data. Vector data can be transformed and back-transformed without loss in precision and without changes in the values. This is not the case with raster data. In each transformation the values for the new cells are estimated in some fashion. Therefore, if you need to match raster and vector data for analysis, you should generally transform the vector data.

When using this method with a SpatRaster, the preferable approach is to provide a template SpatRaster as argument y. The template is then another raster dataset that you want your data to align with. If you do not have a template to begin with, you can do project(rast(x), crs) and then manipulate the output to get the template you want. For example, where possible use whole numbers for the extent and resolution so that you do not have to worry about small differences in the future. You can use commands like dim(z) = c(180, 360) or res(z) <- 100000.

The output resolution should generally be similar to the input resolution, but there is no "correct" resolution in raster transformation. It is not obvious what this resolution is if you are using lon/lat data that spans a large North-South extent.

Examples

## SpatRaster
a <- rast(ncols=40, nrows=40, xmin=-110, xmax=-90, ymin=40, ymax=60, 
          crs="+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84")
values(a) <- 1:ncell(a)
newcrs="+proj=lcc +lat_1=48 +lat_2=33 +lon_0=-100 +datum=WGS84"
b <- rast(ncols=94, nrows=124, xmin=-944881, xmax=935118, ymin=4664377, ymax=7144377, crs=newcrs)
w <- project(a, b)

## SpatVector
f <- system.file("ex/lux.shp", package="terra")
v <- vect(f)
crs(v, proj=TRUE)
cat(crs(v), "\n")

project(v, "+proj=moll")

project(v, "EPSG:2169")