Aliases: gEnvelope RGEOSEnvelope
Keywords: spatial
### ** Examples x = readWKT(paste("POLYGON((0 40,10 50,0 60,40 60,40 100,50 90,60 100,60", "60,100 60,90 50,100 40,60 40,60 0,50 10,40 0,40 40,0 40))")) env = gEnvelope(x) plot(x,col='blue',border='blue') plot(env,add=TRUE)
#Degenerate Cases gEnvelope(readWKT("POINT(1 1)")) #returns SpatialPoints
SpatialPoints: x y 1 1 1 Coordinate Reference System (CRS) arguments: NA
gEnvelope(readWKT("LINESTRING(1 1,1 2)")) #invalid polygon
An object of class "SpatialPolygons" Slot "polygons": [[1]] An object of class "Polygons" Slot "Polygons": [[1]] An object of class "Polygon" Slot "labpt": [1] 1.0 1.5 Slot "area": [1] 0 Slot "hole": [1] FALSE Slot "ringDir": [1] 1 Slot "coords": x y [1,] 1 1 [2,] 1 2 [3,] 1 2 [4,] 1 1 [5,] 1 1 Slot "plotOrder": [1] 1 Slot "labpt": [1] 1.0 1.5 Slot "ID": [1] "1" Slot "area": [1] 0 Slot "plotOrder": [1] 1 Slot "bbox": min max x 1 1 y 1 2 Slot "proj4string": Coordinate Reference System: Deprecated Proj.4 representation: NA
Warning in wkt(x): CRS object has no comment
gEnvelope(readWKT("LINESTRING(1 1,2 1)")) #invalid polygon
An object of class "SpatialPolygons" Slot "polygons": [[1]] An object of class "Polygons" Slot "Polygons": [[1]] An object of class "Polygon" Slot "labpt": [1] 1.5 1.0 Slot "area": [1] 0 Slot "hole": [1] FALSE Slot "ringDir": [1] 1 Slot "coords": x y [1,] 1 1 [2,] 1 1 [3,] 2 1 [4,] 2 1 [5,] 1 1 Slot "plotOrder": [1] 1 Slot "labpt": [1] 1.5 1.0 Slot "ID": [1] "1" Slot "area": [1] 0 Slot "plotOrder": [1] 1 Slot "bbox": min max x 1 2 y 1 1 Slot "proj4string": Coordinate Reference System: Deprecated Proj.4 representation: NA
Warning in wkt(x): CRS object has no comment