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gIsRing {rgeos}

Is Geometry a Ring?
Package: 
rgeos
Version: 
0.2-17

Description

Tests if the given geometry is a ring

Usage

gIsRing(spgeom, byid = FALSE)

Arguments

spgeom
sp object as defined in package sp
byid
Logical determining if the function should be applied across subgeometries (TRUE) or the entire object (FALSE)

Values

Returns TRUE if the geometry is a LINEARRING.

Returns TRUE if the geometry is a LINESTRING that is both Simple (gIsSimple) and Closed (end points intersect), FALSE otherwise.

Returns FALSE if the geometry is a [MULTI]POINT, MULTILINESTRING, or [MULTI]POLYGON.

See Also

gIsEmpty gIsSimple gIsValid

Examples

l1 = readWKT("LINESTRING(0 0, 1 1, 1 0, 0 1, 0 0)")
l2 = readWKT("LINESTRING(0 0,1 0,1 1,0 1,0 0)")
r1 = readWKT("LINEARRING(0 0, 1 1, 1 0, 0 1, 0 0)")
r2 = readWKT("LINEARRING(0 0,1 0,1 1,0 1,0 0)")
p1 = readWKT("POLYGON((0 0, 1 1, 1 0, 0 1, 0 0))")
p2 = readWKT("POLYGON((0 0,1 0,1 1,0 1,0 0))")
 
par(mfrow=c(3,2))
plot(l1);title(paste("LINESTRING\nRing:",gIsRing(l1)))
plot(l2);title(paste("LINESTRING\nRing:",gIsRing(l2)))
plot(r1);title(paste("LINEARRING\nRing:",gIsRing(r1)))
plot(r2);title(paste("LINEARRING\nRing:",gIsRing(r2)))
plot(p1);title(paste("POLYGON\nRing:",gIsRing(p1)))
plot(p2);title(paste("POLYGON\nRing:",gIsRing(p2)))

Author(s)

Roger Bivand & Colin Rundel

Documentation reproduced from package rgeos, version 0.2-17. License: GPL (>= 2)