[R-sig-Geo] create nb object

[Roger Bivand]

On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Pete Larson wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I have a data frame with lat and lon coordinates for some sample areas (not a 
> grid) .
>
> I was to create an nb object that I can use with spdep but am unsure as to 
> how to convert it.
>
> Does anybody have any ideas?

Create a matrix of coordinates, if not using sp classes, for example:

xy <- cbind(df$x, df$y)

or if your data frame is a SpatialPointsDataFrame, just:

xy <- coordinates(obj)

Then your choice of dnearneigh(), knn2nb(knearneigh()), graph2nb() with 
three graph variants, tri2nb() for a Delaunay triangulation. The first two 
of these also take a longlat= argument in case your coordinates are 
geographical, not projected. Triangulation and graph-based methods need 
planar coordinates, so you would have to project them first.

Hope this helps,

Roger

>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Pete
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