Girth Index(vector data) — vm_c_girth

Calculate Girth Index

vm_c_girth_mn(landscape, class_col)

Arguments

landscape: the input landscape image,
class_col: the name of the class column of the input landscape

Value

the function returns tibble with the calculated values in column "value", this function returns also some important information such as level, class, patch id and metric name.

Details

ratio between radius of maximum inscribed circle and radius of equal-area circle

References

Angel, S., Parent, J., & Civco, D. L. (2010). Ten compactness properties of circles: Measuring shape in geography: Ten compactness properties of circles. The Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe Canadien, 54(4), 441–461. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0064.2009.00304.x

Examples

vm_c_girth_mn(vector_landscape, "class")
#> # A tibble: 3 × 5
#>   level class id    metric   value
#>   <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>    <dbl>
#> 1 class 1     NA    girth_mn 0.368
#> 2 class 2     NA    girth_mn 0.389
#> 3 class 3     NA    girth_mn 0.316