[R-sig-Geo] How to do square buffers around spatial points

[Barry Rowlingson]

2016-08-25 13:01 GMT+01:00 Manuel Spínola <mspinola10 at gmail.com>:
> Dear list members,
>
> Ho can I do square buffers around spatial points?

Break it down:

1. For each point compute the coordinates of the four corners of the
square by adding half the width of your square.
2. Construct a Polygon from those four points for each of your source points.
3. Build a SpatialPolygons object from all your Polygons.

How far can you get with it now?

Barry