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Axis-aligned bounding rectangle

Source: R/extendr-wrappers.R
ga_bounding_rect.Rd

Returns the smallest axis-aligned rectangle that contains each geometry.

Usage

ga_bounding_rect(x)

Arguments

x

a GeoArrow geometry array

Value

a GeoArrow rect array

References

BoundingRect

See also

Other boundary: ga_concave_hull(), ga_convex_hull(), ga_extremes(), ga_minimum_rotated_rect()

Examples

fp <- system.file("shape/nc.shp", package = "sf")
nc <- as.data.frame(read_shapefile(fp))

head(geoarrow::as_geoarrow_vctr(ga_bounding_rect(nc$geometry)), 3)
#> <geoarrow_vctr geoarrow.box{struct}[3]>
#> [1] <POLYGON ((-81.7410736 36.2343559, -81.2398911 36.2343559, -81.2398911 >
#> [2] <POLYGON ((-81.3475418 36.3653641, -80.9034424 36.3653641, -80.9034424 >
#> [3] <POLYGON ((-80.9657745 36.2338829, -80.4353104 36.2338829, -80.4353104 >