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Replace the geometry of a polygon with its centroid point

Source: R/spat_polygon_centroid.R
Polygon_Centroid.Rd

This function replaces the geometry of a simple feature (sf) polygon object with the geometry of its centroid point. It can optionally rename the geometry column of the modified sf object.

Usage

polygon_centroid(sf_object = NULL, rename = FALSE, new_name = NULL)

Arguments

sf_object

A simple feature (sf) object; the polygon whose geometry is to be replaced with its centroid. Cannot be NULL.

rename

Logical. Whether to rename the geometry column of the sf object. Defaults to FALSE.

new_name

Character. New name for the geometry column. Only valid if rename = TRUE.

Value

The modified sf object with its geometry replaced by the centroid of the original polygon geometry. If rename is TRUE, the geometry column will also be renamed as specified by NewName.

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Author

Ahmed El-Gabbas