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raster (version 2.6-7)

Geographic Data Analysis and Modeling

Description

Reading, writing, manipulating, analyzing and modeling of gridded spatial data. The package implements basic and high-level functions. Processing of very large files is supported.

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install.packages('raster')

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2.6-7

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GPL (>= 3)

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Last Published

November 13th, 2017

Functions in raster (2.6-7)

Arith-methods

Arithmetic with Raster* objects
Compare-methods

Compare Raster* objects
NAvalue

Set the NA value of a RasterLayer
Raster-class

Raster* classes
Summary-methods

Summary methods
Extent-class

Class "Extent"
KML

Write a KML or KMZ file
Logic-methods

Logical operators and functions
Math-methods

Mathematical functions
aggregate

Aggregate raster cells or SpatialPolygons/Lines
alignExtent

Align an extent (object of class Extent)
RGB

Create a Red-Green-Blue Raster object
animate

Animate layers of a Raster* object
approxNA

Estimate values for cell values that are NA by interpolating between layers
atan2

Two argument arc-tangent
area

Size of cells
as.data.frame

Get a data.frame with raster cell values, or coerce SpatialPolygons, Lines, or Points to a data.frame
bands

Number of bands
barplot

Bar plot of a RasterLayer
clamp

Clamp values
as.list

Create a list of RasterLayer objects
as.logical

Change cell values to logical or integer values
bind

Bind Spatial* objects
blockSize

Block size for writing files
brick

Create a RasterBrick object
buffer

buffer
cluster

Use a multi-core cluster
colortable

colortable
dataType

Data type
datasource

Are values in memory and/or on disk?
clearValues

Clear values
crop

Crop
crosstab

Cross-tabulate
distance

Distance
distanceFromPoints

Distance from points
addLayer

Add or drop a layer
adjacent

Adjacent cells
as.matrix

Get a vector, matrix, or array with raster cell values
as.raster

Coerce to a 'raster' object
calc

Calculate
extremeValues

Minimum and maximum values
factors

Factors
freq

Frequency table
Gain and offset

Gain and offset of values on file
hdr

Header files
head

Show the head or tail of a Raster* object
match

Value matching for Raster* objects
merge

Merge Raster* objects
names

Names of raster layers
cellFrom

Get cell, row, or column number
contour

Contour plot
Extreme coordinates

Coordinates of the Extent of a Raster object
direction

Direction
disaggregate

Disaggregate
autocorrelation

Spatial autocorrelation
cellStats

Statistics across cells
cellsFromExtent

Cells from extent, and vice versa
compareRaster

Compare Raster objects
compareCRS

Partially compare two CRS objects
boundaries

boundaries (edges) detection
boxplot

Box plot of Raster objects
click

Query by clicking on a map
clump

Detect clumps
cut

Convert values to classes
cv

Coefficient of variation
extension

Filename extensions
extent

Extent
filename

Filename
filledContour

Filled contour plot
hillShade

Hill shading
hist

Histogram
ncell

Number or rows, columns, and cells of a Raster* object
projectRaster

Project a Raster object
projection

Get or set a coordinate reference system (projection)
rasterFromCells

Subset a raster by cell numbers
rasterFromXYZ

Create a Raster* object from x, y, z values
erase

extend

Extend
flip

Flip
flowPath

Flow path
image

Image
corLocal

Local correlation coefficient
cover

Replace NA values with values of other layers
density

Density plot
dim

Dimensions of a Raster* object
extract

Extract values from Raster objects
inifile

Read a .ini file
layerStats

Correlation and (weighted) covariance
layerize

Layerize
nlayers

Number of layers
intersect

Intersect
isLonLat

Is this longitude/latitude data?
metadata

Metadata
modal

modal value
predict

Spatial model predictions
draw

Draw a line or polygon
drawExtent

Create an Extent object by drawing on a map
geom

Get the coordinates of a vector type Spatial* object
getData

Get geographic data
getValues

Get raster cell values
round

Integer values
Extent math

round Extent coordinates
scale

Scale values
sp

Create SpatialLines* or SpatialPolygons*
Extract by index

Indexing to extract values of a Raster* object
focal

Focal values
focalWeight

Focal weights matrix
getValuesFocal

Get focal raster cell values
gridDistance

Distance on a grid
stackSave

Save or open a RasterStack file
origin

Origin
plotRGB

Red-Green-Blue plot of a multi-layered Raster object
pointDistance

Distance between points
Programming

Helper functions for programming
rasterToPolygons

Raster to polygons conversion
rasterize

Rasterize points, lines, or polygons
readAll

Read values from disk
reclassify

Reclassify
getValuesBlock

Get a block of raster cell values
localFun

Local functions
mask

Mask values in a Raster object
mosaic

Merge Raster* objects using a function for overlapping areas
movingFun

Moving functions
spplot

Use spplot to plot a Raster* object
Summary

Summary
symdif

Symetrical difference
rasterToContour

Raster to contour lines conversion
rasterToPoints

Raster to points conversion
rotate

Rotate
rotated

Do the raster cells have a rotation?
sampleRegular

Regular sample
weighted.mean

Weighted mean of rasters
which

Which cells are TRUE?
xyFromCell

Coordinates from a row, column or cell number
zApply

z (time) apply
sampleStratified

Stratified random sample
shift

Shift
Slope and aspect

Slope and aspect
persp

Perspective plot
plot

Plot a Raster* object
Options

Global options for the raster package
rasterTmpFile

Temporary files
resample

Resample a Raster object
SampleInt

Sample integer values
sampleRandom

Random sample
setExtent

Set the extent of a RasterLayer
subset

Subset layers in a Raster* object
substitute

Substitute values in a Raster* object
unstack

Unstack
update

Update raster cells of files (on disk)
writeRaster

Write raster data to a file
initialize

Intitialize a Raster object with values
interpolate

Interpolate
overlay

Overlay Raster objects
pairs

Pairs plot (matrix of scatterplots)
properties

Raster file properties
quantile

Raster quantiles
raster-package

Overview of the functions in the raster package
raster

Create a RasterLayer object
rectify

rectify a Raster object
replacement

Replace cell values or layers of a Raster* object
resolution

Resolution
rowFromCell

Row or column number from a cell number
rowSums

rowSums and colSums for Raster objects
stack

Create a RasterStack object
stackApply

Apply a function on subsets of a RasterStack or RasterBrick
scalebar

scalebar
select

Geometric subsetting
setValues

Set values of a Raster object
shapefile

Read or write a shapefile
terrain

Terrain characteristics
text

Add labels to a map
which.min

Where is the min or max value?
writeFormats

File types for writing
writeValues

Write values to a file
setMinMax

Compute min and max values
transpose

Transpose
trim

Trim
validCell

Validity of a cell, column or row number
validNames

Create valid names
zonal

Zonal statistics
zoom

Zoom in on a map
stackSelect

Select cell values from a multi-layer Raster* object
stretch

Stretch
union

Union Extent or SpatialPolygons* objects
unique

Unique values
z-values

Get or set z-values