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catalog_intersect

Subset a LAScatalog with a Spatial* object

Description

Subset a LAScatalog with a Spatial* object to keep only the tiles of interest. Internally, it uses the function intersect from raster with a tweak to make it work with a LAScatalog. It can be used to select tiles of interest that encompass Spatial* objects such as SpatialPoints, SpatialPolygons or SpatialLines.

Usage

catalog_intersect(ctg, y)

Arguments

`ctg`	A LAScatalog object
`y`	Extent, Raster, SpatialPolygons, SpatialLines* or SpatialPoints* object

Value

A LAScatalog

lidR

Airborne LiDAR Data Manipulation and Visualization for Forestry Applications

v3.1.2

GPL-3

Authors

Jean-Romain Roussel [aut, cre, cph], David Auty [aut, ctb] (Reviews the documentation), Florian De Boissieu [ctb] (Fixed bugs and improved catalog features), Andrew Sánchez Meador [ctb] (Implemented wing2015() for segment_snags()), Bourdon Jean-François [ctb] (Contributed to Roussel2020() for track_sensor()), Gatziolis Demetrios [ctb] (Implemented Gatziolis2019() for track_sensor())

Initial release

2021-03-11