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render_polygons

Render Polygons

Description

Adds 3D polygons to the current scene, using latitude/longitude or coordinates in the reference system defined by the extent object.

Usage

render_polygons(
  polygon,
  extent,
  color = "red",
  top = 1,
  bottom = NA,
  data_column_top = NULL,
  data_column_bottom = NULL,
  heightmap = NULL,
  scale_data = 1,
  parallel = FALSE,
  holes = 0,
  lit = TRUE,
  light_altitude = c(45, 30),
  light_direction = c(315, 135),
  light_intensity = 0.3,
  clear_previous = FALSE
)

Arguments

`polygon`	'sf' object, "SpatialPolygon" 'sp' object, or xy coordinates of polygon represented in a way that can be processed by 'xy.coords()'. If xy-coordinate based polygons are open, they will be closed by adding an edge from the last point to the first.
`extent`	A 'raster::Extent' object with the bounding box for the height map used to generate the original map.
`color`	Default 'black'. Color of the polygon.
`top`	Default '1'. Extruded top distance. If this equals 'bottom', the polygon will not be extruded and just the one side will be rendered.
`bottom`	Default '0'. Extruded bottom distance. If this equals 'top', the polygon will not be extruded and just the one side will be rendered.
`data_column_top`	Default 'NULL'. A string indicating the column in the 'sf' object to use to specify the top of the extruded polygon.
`data_column_bottom`	Default 'NULL'. A string indicating the column in the 'sf' object to use to specify the bottom of the extruded polygon.
`heightmap`	Default 'NULL'. Automatically extracted from the rgl window–only use if auto-extraction of matrix extent isn't working. A two-dimensional matrix, where each entry in the matrix is the elevation at that point. All points are assumed to be evenly spaced.
`scale_data`	Default '1'. If specifying 'data_column_top' or 'data_column_bottom', how much to scale that value when rendering.
`parallel`	Default 'FALSE'. If 'TRUE', polygons will be extruded in parallel, which may be faster (depending on how many geometries are in 'polygon').
`holes`	Default '0'. If passing in a polygon directly, this specifies which index represents the holes in the polygon. See the 'earcut' function in the 'decido' package for more information.
`lit`	Default 'TRUE'. Whether to light the polygons.
`light_altitude`	Default 'c(45, 60)'. Degree(s) from the horizon from which to light the polygons.
`light_direction`	Default 'c(45, 60)'. Degree(s) from north from which to light the polygons.
`light_intensity`	Default '0.3'. Intensity of the specular highlight on the polygons.
`clear_previous`	Default 'FALSE'. If 'TRUE', it will clear all existing polygons.

Examples

if(interactive()) {

#Render the county borders as polygons in Monterey Bay
montereybay %>%
  sphere_shade(texture = "desert") %>%
  add_shadow(ray_shade(montereybay,zscale=50)) %>%
  plot_3d(montereybay,water=TRUE, windowsize=800, watercolor="dodgerblue")
render_camera(theta=140,  phi=55, zoom = 0.85, fov=30)

#We will apply a negative buffer to create space between adjacent polygons:
mont_county_buff = sf::st_simplify(sf::st_buffer(monterey_counties_sf,-0.003), dTolerance=0.001)

render_polygons(mont_county_buff, 
                extent = attr(montereybay,"extent"), top=10,
                parallel=TRUE)
render_snapshot()

#We can specify the bottom of the polygons as well. Here I float the polygons above the surface
#by specifying the bottom argument. We clear the previous polygons with `clear_previous = TRUE`.
render_camera(theta=-60,  phi=20, zoom = 0.85, fov=0)
render_polygons(mont_county_buff, 
                extent = attr(montereybay,"extent"), bottom = 190, top=200,
                parallel=TRUE,clear_previous=TRUE)
render_snapshot()

#We can set the height of the data to a column in the sf object: we'll use the land area.
#We'll have to scale this value because it's max value is 2.6 billion:
render_camera(theta=-60,  phi=60, zoom = 0.85, fov=30)
render_polygons(mont_county_buff, 
                extent = attr(montereybay,"extent"), data_column_top = "ALAND",
                scale_data = 300/(2.6E9), color="chartreuse4",
                parallel=TRUE,clear_previous=TRUE)
render_snapshot()        

#This function also works with `render_highquality()`
render_highquality(samples=400, clamp_value=10)
rgl::rgl.close()

}

rayshader

Create Maps and Visualize Data in 2D and 3D

v0.24.10

GPL-3

Authors

Tyler Morgan-Wall

Initial release

2021-04-25