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geomtype

Geometry type of a SpatVector

Description

Get the geometry type (points, lines, or polygons) of a SpatVector or the data types of the fields (attributes, variables) of a SpatVector.

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'SpatVector'
geomtype(x)

## S4 method for signature 'SpatVector'
datatype(x)

## S4 method for signature 'SpatVector'
is.points(x)

## S4 method for signature 'SpatVector'
is.lines(x)

## S4 method for signature 'SpatVector'
is.polygons(x)

Arguments

`x`	SpatVector

Value

character

Examples

f <- system.file("ex/lux.shp", package="terra")
v <- vect(f)

geomtype(v)
is.polygons(v)
is.lines(v)
is.points(v)

names(v)
datatype(v)

terra

Spatial Data Analysis

v1.2-10

GPL (>= 3)

Authors

Robert J. Hijmans [cre, aut] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5872-2872>), Roger Bivand [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2392-6140>), Karl Forner [ctb], Jeroen Ooms [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4035-0289>), Edzer Pebesma [ctb] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8049-7069>)

Initial release

2021-05-12