[R-sig-Geo] universal kriging in gstat

[Edzer J. Pebesma]

Alí Santacruz wrote:
> Dear list members,
>
> I am trying to perform universal kriging in gstat, and according to the help 
> of 'krige' function, the names of the coordinates of 'newdata' argument must 
> be the same as defined in 'locations'.
>   
I suspect it is time to update this documentation; If you're using sp
objects, the names of coordinates does not play a role anymore, as
we can retrieve them using the coordinates() method.

Does this help?
--
Edzer
> I am creating an SpatialPixels object for the prediction locations, using 
> the next code:
>
>   
>> pts<-spsample(myShapePoly, n=3000, "regular")
>> gridded(pts) <- TRUE class(pts)
>>     
> [1] "SpatialPixels"
> attr(,"package")
> [1] "sp"
>
> And x1 and x2 are the names of the coordinates of the prediction locations 
> grid.
>
> So, to perform universal kriging, I have to change the names of the 
> coordinates of my observed data to x1 and x2, but I would like to know if I 
> can change the name of the coordinates of the prediction grid ('pts').
>
> I appreciate any comment. Sincerely,
>
> Alí M. Santacruz
> M.Sc. Geomatics, Student
> National University of Colombia
> Bogotá D.C.
>
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