[R-sig-Geo] [FORGED] Selecting spatial points within spatial line segments

[Rolf Turner]

On 09/02/17 02:56, Manuel Spínola wrote:
> Dear list members,
>
> I have a spatial line (a road) segmented in 500-meters segments.  I also
> have spatial points (roadkills) and I want to select the points related to
> each segment in the line.  The points do not touch (intersect) the line,
> but are close to it. How can I do this in R?


The project2segment() function from the spatstat package will probably 
do what you want.

cheers,

Rolf Turner

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