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Contour plot

contour.Rd

Contour lines (isolines) of a SpatRaster. Use add=TRUE to add the lines to the current plot. See graphics::contour for details.

if filled=TRUE, a new filled contour plot is made. See graphics::filled.contour for details.

as.contour returns the contour lines as a SpatVector.

Usage

# S4 method for class 'SpatRaster'
contour(x, maxcells=100000, filled=FALSE, ...)

# S4 method for class 'SpatRaster'
as.contour(x, maxcells=100000, ...)

Arguments

x

SpatRaster. Only the first layer is used

maxcells

maximum number of pixels used to create the contours

filled

logical. If TRUE, a filled.contour plot is made

...

any argument that can be passed to contour or filled.contour (graphics package)

See also

plot

Examples

r <- rast(system.file("ex/elev.tif", package="terra"))
plot(r)
contour(r, add=TRUE)


v <- as.contour(r)
plot(r)
lines(v)


contour(r, filled=TRUE, nlevels=5)


## if you want a SpatVector with contour lines
template <- disagg(rast(r), 10)
rr <- resample(r, template)
rr <- floor(rr/100) * 100
v <- as.polygons(rr)
plot(v, 1, col=terrain.colors(7))


## to combine filled contours with contour lines (or other spatial data)

br <- seq(100, 600, 100)
plot(r, breaks=br)
lines(as.contour(r, levels=br))


## or 
x <- classify(r,  br) |> as.polygons()
plot(x, "elevation")