R: Generate a box surrounding a point object

sbox {splancs} | R Documentation

## Generate a box surrounding a point object

### Description

Generate a box surrounding a point object

### Usage

    sbox(pts, xfrac = .1, yfrac = .1)

### Arguments

`pts` | A points data set
`xfrac` | The fraction of the width of the point pattern by which the box will surround the point pattern to the left and right.
`yfrac` | The fraction of the height of the point pattern by which the box will surround the point pattern to the top and bottom.

### Value

A points data set of four points giving the coordinates of the surrounding box

### 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: https://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

`bboxx`

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