is.valid {terra}R Documentation

Check polygon validity

Description

Check the validity of polygons

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'SpatVector'
is.valid(x, messages=FALSE)

Arguments

x

SpatVector

messages

logical. If TRUE the error messages are returned

Value

logical

Examples

w <- vect("POLYGON ((0 -5, 10 0, 10 -10, 0 -5))")
is.valid(w)

w <- vect("POLYGON ((0 -5, 10 0, 10 -10, 4 -2, 0 -5))")
is.valid(w)
is.valid(w, TRUE)

plot(w)
points(cbind(4.54, -2.72), cex=2, col="red")

# invalid polygon
#w <- vect("POLYGON ((0 -5, 10 0, 10 -10, 4 -2))")
#is.valid(w)


[Package terra version 1.2-10 Index]