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Subject: Re: [R-sig-Geo] =?windows-1252?q?=22rasterize=22_changes_the_data_val?=
From: "Robert J. Hijmans" <r.hijmans () gmail ! com>
Date: 2012-05-31 16:21:44
Message-ID: CANtt_hwcJW2HeHVw6GK231+mAgTvNhkMueFOFBOCipsX8KdgRA () mail ! gmail ! com
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Malcolm,
That is a bug in the current version. A new version should be on CRAN in a
week or so. The work-around is to use
raster:::.polygonsToRaster( )
(same arguments as in rasterize)
Robert
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Malcolm Fairbrother <
m.fairbrother@bristol.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I'm trying to use "rasterize" to create a raster out of a
> SpatialPolygonsDataFrame. The problem I'm having is that, for reasons I
> don't understand, the data values in the resulting raster ("faosoil") do
> not correspond to those of the original variable in the
> SpatialPolygonsDataFrame ("dsmw").
>
> In the code below, you'll see that values for dsmw$FAOSOIL range from 1 to
> 186. However, when I convert dsmw into a raster, its data values range from
> 390 to 587, and I can't tell whether these new values correspond in some
> way to the original ones. I've tried both "field=1" and "field="FAOSOIL"",
> and they return the same result.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to get the original-scale data into the raster, or
> what I'm misunderstanding?
>
> Many thanks,
> Malcolm
>
>
> > summary(dsmw)
> Object of class SpatialPolygonsDataFrame
> Coordinates:
> min max
> x 68.11093 97.39555
> y 6.74004 33.17195
> Is projected: FALSE
> proj4string :
> [+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +ellps=WGS84 +towgs84=0,0,0]
> Data attributes:
> FAOSOIL DOMSOI
> Min. : 1.00 Min. : 1.00
> 1st Qu.: 56.00 1st Qu.:17.00
> Median : 79.50 Median :20.00
> Mean : 91.47 Mean :21.53
> 3rd Qu.:138.00 3rd Qu.:28.00
> Max. :186.00 Max. :43.00
> > faosoil <- rasterize(dsmw, bio, field=1)
> Found 634 region(s) and 736 polygon(s)
> > summary(faosoil)
> Cells: 447692
> NAs : 34484
>
>
> Min. 390.0
> 1st Qu. 441.0
> Median 495.0
> Mean 481.4
> 3rd Qu. 508.0
> Max. 587.0
> NA's 34484.0
>
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