[R-sig-Geo] Generating random points

[Adrian Baddeley]

> I need to generate (randomly) n points inside the boundary of a polygon,
> is there any function that can handle this?

For this kind of functionality, use the `spatstat' package
which offers (for example)

      rpoint                  Generate N Random Points
      runifpoint              Generate N Uniform Random Points
      rpoispp                 Generate Poisson Point Pattern
      stratrand               Stratified random point pattern

Adrian Baddeley