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swaRm (version 0.6.0)

pdist: Pairwise Distance Matrix

Description

Given a set of locations, this function computes the distances between each possible pair of locations.

Usage

pdist(x, y, geo = FALSE)

Value

A square matrix representing pairwise distances between each possible pair of locations.

Arguments

x

A vector of x (or longitude) coordinates.

y

A vector of y (or latitude) coordinates.

geo

A logical value indicating whether the locations are defined by geographic coordinates (pairs of longitude/latitude values). Default: FALSE.

Author

Simon Garnier, garnier@njit.edu

See Also

nn, nnd

Examples

Run this code
x <- rnorm(25)
y <- rnorm(25, sd = 3)
pdist(x, y)

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