R: generate points in polygon

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## generate points in polygon

### Description

generates random points within a defined polygon, trying to reach `npoints` points - used in `csr`.

### Usage

    gen(poly, npoints)

### Arguments

`poly` | A polygon data set
`npoints` | The number of points to generate

### Value

returns a point object.

### References

Rowlingson, B. and Diggle, P. 1993 Splancs: spatial point pattern analysis code in S-Plus. Computers and Geosciences, 19, 627-655; the original sources can be accessed at: http://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk/~rowlings/Splancs/. See also Bivand, R. and Gebhardt, A. 2000 Implementing functions for spatial statistical analysis using the R language. Journal of Geographical Systems, 2, 307-317.

### See Also

`csr`

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