[R] nlme: spatial autocorrelation on a sphere

[Spencer Graves]

       1.  Have you consulted Pinheiro and Bates (2000) Mixed-Effects 
Modeling in S and S-Plus (Springer)?  It does not has much information 
on the cor* constructor functions, but it does have some.  "corExp" is 
discussed on p. 238, and information on other cor* functions should be 
in pages near 238.


       2.  Have you tried subscribing and posting to 
"r-sig-mixed-models at r-project.org"?  That email list is devoted 
primarily to "lmer", the replacement for nlme.  However, with luck, you 
will get an answer there, including, (a) whether what you want is 
available for "lmer", and (b) how to use it either with lmer or nlme.


       Best Wishes,
       Spencer


On 10/1/2012 12:59 AM, Dan Bebber wrote:
> Thanks, but the problem is quite specific and not addressed on the Spatial Data taskview page.
> Quite specifically, I would like to know how to edit corSpatial functions to calculate great circle distances.
> The Bayesian equivalent, georamps in the ramps package, is able to do this, therefore I imagine it must be possible for nlme.
>
> Dan
> ________________________________________
> From: David Winsemius [dwinsemius at comcast.net]
> Sent: 01 October 2012 08:38
> To: Dan Bebber
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] nlme: spatial autocorrelation on a sphere
>
> On Sep 30, 2012, at 6:48 PM, Dan Bebber wrote:
>
>> I have spatial data on a sphere (the Earth) for which I would like to run an gls model assuming that the errors are autcorrelated, i.e. including a corSpatial correlation in the model specification.
>>
>> In this case the distance metric should be calculated on the sphere, therefore metric =  "euclidean" in (for example) corSpher would be incorrect.
>>
>> I would be grateful for help on how to write a new distance metric for the corSpatial function.
>> I believe there are several ways that distances on a sphere can be calculated in R, for example the "distMeeus" function in the geosphere library. However, I have no idea how to write this into a corSpatial function.
>>
>> The aim is to end up with a metric  = "sphere" option that calculates great circle distances between points using latitude and longitude.
> LMCTVTFY: http://cran.r-project.org/web/views/Spatial.html
>
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-- 
Spencer Graves, PE, PhD
President and Chief Technology Officer
Structure Inspection and Monitoring, Inc.
751 Emerson Ct.
San José, CA 95126
ph:  408-655-4567
web:  www.structuremonitoring.com