Proximity Index(vector data)

Calculate Proximity Index

vm_l_proxim_mn(landscape, n = 1000)

Arguments

landscape

the input landscape image,

n

number of grid points to generate

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 average distance from all points of equal-area circle to its center and average distance from all points of shape to its center

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_proxim_mn(vector_landscape, n = 1000)
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#> # A tibble: 1 × 5
#>   level     class id    metric    value
#>   <chr>     <chr> <chr> <chr>     <dbl>
#> 1 landscape NA    NA    proxim_mn 0.568