Uses a cross section retrieval web services to retrieve a cross section between two endpoints.
get_xs_points(point1, point2, num_pts, res = 1)Arguments
Value
sf data.frame containing points retrieved.
Examples
# \donttest{
point1 <- sf::st_sfc(sf::st_point(x = c(-105.9667, 36.17602)), crs = 4326)
point2 <- sf::st_sfc(sf::st_point(x = c(-105.97768, 36.17526)), crs = 4326)
(xs <- get_xs_points(point1, point2, 100))
#> Simple feature collection with 101 features and 4 fields
#> Geometry type: POINT
#> Dimension: XY
#> Bounding box: xmin: -105.9776 ymin: 36.17531 xmax: -105.9667 ymax: 36.176
#> Geodetic CRS: WGS 84
#> # A tibble: 101 × 5
#> id spatial_ref elevation_m distance_m geometry
#> <chr> <int> <dbl> <dbl> <POINT [°]>
#> 1 0 0 1779. 0 (-105.9667 36.176)
#> 2 1 0 1778. 9.74 (-105.9668 36.17599)
#> 3 2 0 1778. 19.5 (-105.9669 36.17599)
#> 4 3 0 1778. 29.2 (-105.967 36.17598)
#> 5 4 0 1776. 39.0 (-105.9671 36.17597)
#> 6 5 0 1776. 48.7 (-105.9672 36.17597)
#> 7 6 0 1776. 58.4 (-105.9674 36.17596)
#> 8 7 0 1775. 68.2 (-105.9675 36.17595)
#> 9 8 0 1775. 77.9 (-105.9676 36.17594)
#> 10 9 0 1774. 87.6 (-105.9677 36.17594)
#> # ℹ 91 more rows
if(inherits(xs, "sf")) {
bbox <- sf::st_bbox(xs) + c(-0.005, -0.005, 0.005, 0.005)
nhdplusTools::plot_nhdplus(bbox = bbox, cache_data = FALSE)
plot(sf::st_transform(sf::st_geometry(xs), 3857), pch = ".", add = TRUE, col = "red")
plot(sf::st_transform(sf::st_sfc(point1, crs = 4326), 3857), add = TRUE)
plot(sf::st_transform(sf::st_sfc(point2, crs = 4326), 3857), add = TRUE)
plot(xs$distance_m, xs$elevation_m)
}
#> Spherical geometry (s2) switched off
#> although coordinates are longitude/latitude, st_intersects assumes that they
#> are planar
#> Spherical geometry (s2) switched on
#> Zoom set to: 12
# }