R: Zoom in on a map

zoom {raster} | R Documentation

## Zoom in on a map

### Description

Zoom in on a map (plot) by providing a new extent, by default this is done by clicking twice on the map.

### Usage

    zoom(x, ...)
    ## S4 method for signature 'Raster'
    zoom(x, ext=drawExtent(), maxpixels=100000, layer=1, new=TRUE, useRaster=TRUE, ...)

    ## S4 method for signature 'Spatial'
    zoom(x, ext=drawExtent(), new=TRUE, ...)

    ## S4 method for signature 'missing'
    zoom(x, ext=drawExtent(), new=TRUE, ...)

### Arguments

`x` | Raster* or Spatial* (vector type) object
`ext` | Extent object, or other object from which an extent can be extracted
`maxpixels` | Maximum number of pixels used for the map
`layer` | Positive integer to select the layer to be used if x is a mutilayer Raster object
`new` | Logical. If `TRUE`, the zoomed in map will appear on a new device (window)
`useRaster` | Logical. If `TRUE`, a bitmap raster is used to plot the image instead of polygons
`...` | additional paramters for `plot`

### Value

Extent object (invisibly)

### See Also

`drawExtent`, `plot`

[Package raster version 3.0-7 Index]