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spatstat.geom (version 3.3-2)

area.owin: Area of a Window

Description

Computes the area of a window

Usage

area(w)

# S3 method for owin area(w)

# S3 method for default area(w)

# S3 method for owin volume(x)

Value

A numerical value giving the area of the window.

Arguments

w

A window, whose area will be computed. This should be an object of class owin, or can be given in any format acceptable to as.owin().

x

Object of class owin

Author

Adrian Baddeley Adrian.Baddeley@curtin.edu.au

and Rolf Turner rolfturner@posteo.net

Details

If the window w is of type "rectangle" or "polygonal", the area of this rectangular window is computed by analytic geometry. If w is of type "mask" the area of the discrete raster approximation of the window is computed by summing the binary image values and adjusting for pixel size.

The function volume.owin is identical to area.owin except for the argument name. It is a method for the generic function volume.

See Also

perimeter, diameter.owin, owin.object, as.owin

Examples

Run this code
  w <- unit.square()
  area(w)
       # returns 1.00000

  k <- 6
  theta <- 2 * pi * (0:(k-1))/k
  co <- cos(theta)
  si <- sin(theta)
  mas <- owin(c(-1,1), c(-1,1), poly=list(x=co, y=si))
  area(mas)
      # returns approx area of k-gon
  
  mas <- as.mask(square(2), eps=0.01)
  X <- raster.x(mas)
  Y <- raster.y(mas)
  mas$m <- ((X - 1)^2 + (Y - 1)^2 <= 1)
  area(mas)
       # returns 3.14 approx     

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