polygon.read {RGeostats}

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Read a Polygon from an ASCII file (RGeostats format)

Description

Read a Polygon from an ASCII file (RGeostats format)

Usage

polygon.read(filename,must.noproj=TRUE)

Arguments

filename	Name of the ASCII file containing the information of the Polygon
must.noproj	When TRUE, the contents of the ASCII file is not translated before the storage in the Polygon structure, even if a projection is active.

Details

Format of the ASCII file:

• Number of Polysets in the Polygon

For each Polyset:

• Number of vertices

• 2-D Coordinates of the polyset vertices

Value

The newly created Polygon structure

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