Create polygon from bounding box

Source: R/read.R

Utility function to create polygon from bounding box

bbox_ply(lon_min, lat_min, lon_max, lat_max)

Arguments

lon_min

longitude, minimum

lat_min

latitude, minimum

lon_max

longitude, maximum

lat_max

latitude, maximum

Value

Returns a spatial feature sf polygon.

Examples

# Florida Keys area
lon = -81.3; lat = 24.5; w = 10
bbox_ply(lon - w, lat - w, lon + w, lat + w)
#> Geometry set for 1 feature 
#> Geometry type: POLYGON
#> Dimension:     XY
#> Bounding box:  xmin: -91.3 ymin: 14.5 xmax: -71.3 ymax: 34.5
#> CRS:           NA
#> POLYGON ((-91.3 14.5, -71.3 14.5, -71.3 34.5, -...