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splancs

gen

generate points in polygon

Description

generates random points within a defined polygon, trying to reach npoints points - used in csr.

Usage

gen(poly, npoints)

Arguments

`poly`	A polygon data set
`npoints`	The number of points to generate

Value

returns a point object.

References

Rowlingson, B. and Diggle, P. 1993 Splancs: spatial point pattern analysis code in S-Plus. Computers and Geosciences, 19, 627-655; the original sources can be accessed at: https://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk/~rowlings/Splancs/. See also Bivand, R. and Gebhardt, A. 2000 Implementing functions for spatial statistical analysis using the R language. Journal of Geographical Systems, 2, 307-317.

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