R: Density plot

density {raster} | R Documentation

## Density plot

### Description

Create density plots of values in a Raster object

### Usage

    ## S4 method for signature 'Raster'
    density(x, layer, maxpixels=100000, plot=TRUE, main, ...)

### Arguments

`x` | Raster object
`layer` | numeric. Can be used to subset the layers to plot in a multilayer object (RasterBrick or RasterStack)
`maxpixels` | the maximum number of (randomly sampled) cells to be used for creating the plot
`plot` | if `TRUE` produce a plot, else return a density object
`main` | main title for each plot (can be missing)
`...` | Additional arguments passed to `plot`

### Value

density plot (and a density object, returned invisibly if `plot=TRUE)`

### Examples

    logo <- stack(system.file("external/rlogo.grd", package="raster"))
    density(logo)

[Package raster version 2.6-7 Index]