Detour Index(vector data) — vm_l_detour

Calculate Detour Index

vm_l_detour_mn(landscape)

Arguments

landscape: the input landscape image,

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 perimeter of equal-area circle and perimeter of convex hull of polygon

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_l_detour_mn(vector_landscape)
#> # A tibble: 1 × 5
#>   level     class id    metric    value
#>   <chr>     <chr> <chr> <chr>     <dbl>
#> 1 landscape NA    NA    detour_mn 0.534