BayesX (version 0.3-3)

fuse: Combine Regions

Description

Combines a list of several regions of a map object in boundary format into a single region.

Usage

fuse(map, regions, name)

Value

Map object in boundary format with the specified regions combined.

Arguments

map

Map object in boundary format that should be modified.

regions

Vector of regions to be combined

name

Name that should be given to the region arising from fusing the specified regions.

Author

Nadja Klein

See Also

read.bnd,write.bnd

Examples

if (FALSE) map <- read.bnd(system.file("examples/germany9301.bnd",
  package = "BayesX"))
drawmap(map = map, drawnames = TRUE)

## Vector of regions to be combined.
regions <- c("1056","1060","1061")

## New name of combined region.
newname <- "1"
newmap <- fuse(map,regions,newname)
drawmap(map = newmap, drawnames = TRUE)

## Vector of regions to be combined.
germany <- read.bnd(system.file("examples/germany.bnd", package="BayesX"))
drawmap(map = germany, drawnames = TRUE)
regions <- c("9371","9373","9374","9471","9472","9474","9574")

## New name of combined region.
newname <- "1"
newmap <- fuse(germany, regions, newname)
drawmap(map = newmap, drawnames = TRUE)