hex_dim {ptools} | R Documentation |
Get dimensions of hexagon given area
hex_dim(area)
area |
scaler |
For use with ggplot and geom_hex
binwidth arguments, which expects arguments in width/height. I want hexagons in maps to be a specific area. See this blog post for a specific use case with ggplot.
a vector with two elements, first element is the height (vertex to vertex), the second element is the width (side to side)
hex_wd()
for estimating the width given the height
hex_area()
for estimating the area given side length
area_check <- 1000
wh <- hex_dim(area_check^2) #e.g. a square kilometer if spatial units are in meters
area <- hex_area(wh[1]/2) #inverse operation
all.equal(area_check,sqrt(area))
wi <- hex_wd(wh[1])
all.equal(wh[2],wi)