terra (version 0.5-2)

rasterize: Rasterize vector data

Description

Transfer vector data to a raster

Usage

# S4 method for SpatVector,SpatRaster
rasterize(x, y, field=1:nrow(x), background=NA, 
    update=FALSE, filename="", overwrite=FALSE, wopt=list(), ...)

Arguments

x

SpatVector

y

SpatRaster

field

numeric. The values to be rasterized. Either a single number, or a vector with the same length as x

background

numeric. Value for cells that are not covered by a polygon

update

logical. If TRUE the value in x are used except for cells covered by y

filename

character. Output filename. Optional

overwrite

logical. If TRUE, filename is overwritten

wopt

list. Options for writing files as in writeRaster

...

additional arguments. None implemented

Value

SpatRaster

Examples

# NOT RUN {
f <- system.file("exdata/lux.shp", package="terra")
v <- vect(f)
r <- rast(v, ncol=75, nrow=100)
x <- rasterize(v, r)

plot(x)
lines(v)
# }