Function to create a buffer around a SpatialPolygons or SpatialPolygonsDataFrame object. This is a wrapper for <code>gBuffer()</code> function from package <code>rgeos</code> adding transformation of planar coordinates to appropriate projected coordinates to enable creation of buffer.

Function to create a buffer around a SpatialPolygons or SpatialPolygonsDataFrame object. This is a wrapper for gBuffer() function from package rgeos adding transformation of planar coordinates to appropriate projected coordinates to enable creation of buffer.

create_buffer(x, buffer, country)

Arguments

x	A class SpatialPolygons or SpatialPolygonsDataFrame object defining the area to be buffered
buffer	A numeric value for distance (in kilometres) to expand the borders of the given spatial object `x`. Negative values allowed.
country	Name of country where sampling area is located. This is used to determine the appropriate UTM projection to transform `x`

Value

A SpatialPolygons with the same CRS as x

Function to create a buffer around a SpatialPolygons or SpatialPolygonsDataFrame object. This is a wrapper for `gBuffer()` function from package `rgeos` adding transformation of planar coordinates to appropriate projected coordinates to enable creation of buffer.

Arguments

Value

Examples

Function to create a buffer around a SpatialPolygons or SpatialPolygonsDataFrame object. This is a wrapper for gBuffer() function from package rgeos adding transformation of planar coordinates to appropriate projected coordinates to enable creation of buffer.

Arguments

Value

Examples

Function to create a buffer around a SpatialPolygons or SpatialPolygonsDataFrame object. This is a wrapper for `gBuffer()` function from package `rgeos` adding transformation of planar coordinates to appropriate projected coordinates to enable creation of buffer.