stplanr (version 1.2.2)

line_breakup: Break up line objects into shorter segments

Description

This function breaks up a LINESTRING geometries into smaller pieces.

Usage

line_breakup(l, z)

Value

An sf object with LINESTRING geometry created after breaking up the input object.

Arguments

l

An sf object with LINESTRING geometry

z

An sf object with POLYGON geometry or a number representing the resolution of grid cells used to break up the linestring objects

See Also

Other lines: angle_diff(), geo_toptail(), is_linepoint(), line2df(), line2points(), line_bearing(), line_midpoint(), line_segment(), line_segment1(), line_via(), mats2line(), n_segments(), n_vertices(), onewaygeo(), points2line(), toptail_buff()

Examples

library(sf)
z <- zones_sf$geometry
l <- routes_fast_sf$geometry[2]
l_split <- line_breakup(l, z)
l
l_split
sf::st_length(l)
sum(sf::st_length(l_split))
plot(z)
plot(l, add = TRUE, lwd = 9, col = "grey")
plot(l_split, add = TRUE, col = 1:length(l_split))