Dear list,

I've been searching around and I continue to do so, but in the mean time I'm
seeking your advice on how to improve my approach.

I'm using raster package and I'm trying to find cells around (let's call it
a buffer) and inside a polygon. These subsetted cells are used for
calculations later on. I'm basically trying to "grow" a polygon by a certain
specified amount.

I have created a raster with values derived as 1:ncell(my.object), where
each value actually represents cell number and in a sense, position. This is
the playground for my polygon.

So far, I've approached this by:
- find cell values inside the polygon (former raster::polygonValues)
- find cell values within the buffer of SpatialLines object (made from the
above polygon) (former raster::lineValues)
- find unique cell values from the above results

The problem is that finding buffers around each cell on a line (second step)
is pretty RAM greedy. Would there be a more efficient way of "growing" a
polygon, preferably without using external software?


Cheers,
Roman



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