This function spatially distributes a set of sf features.
distribute(x, preserve.parameters = T, method = "regulargrid", cols = NULL, rows = NULL, dir = "v", max.features = 200, margin = 1.1, x.mar = 1, y.mar = 1, x.nudge = 0, y.nudge = 0, scale = 1, angle = 0, label.points = F, label.pos = 1)
| x | An sf-compatible feature layer, often containing polygons whose size is to be visually compared; REQUIRED. |
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| preserve.parameters | Whether to preserve non-geometry parameters; default TRUE. |
| method | Method used to distribute features; default and only functioning method is "regulargrid". |
| cols | Number of columns of features to plot before moving onto next line if dir="v". |
| rows | Number of rows of features to plot before moving onto next line if dir="h". |
| dir | Direction of overall diagram, "v" impiies filling each row first, "h" implies filling each column first; default "v". |
| max.features | Maximum features to compare; default=Inf. |
| margin | Scalar coefficient of spacing between features; default 1.2. |
| x.mar | Scalar coefficient of spacing between x values; default 1. |
| y.mar | Scalar coefficient of spacing between x values; default 1. |
| x.nudge | Additional spacing to add to x margins; default 0. |
| y.nudge | Additional spacing to add to y margins; defautl 0. |
| scale | Affine linear scaling of ALL feature dimensions, this is not areal scaling; default 1. |
| angle | Affine rotation of ALL feature in degrees; default 0. |
| label.points | If TRUE, will add two columns label_x and label_y to resulting sf data.frame based on label.pos; default FALSE. |
| label.pos | Position value for point at edge of regular grid squares, 0=centre, 1=top, 2=right, 3=bottom, 4=left; default=0. |
An sf object containing one or more features (with no defined CRS)
The spatial features should be aligned around 0,0 for meaningful results. First use `converge` to bring together diversely distributed polygons around a single origin. Use `align` to align different sets of simple spatial features around the origin.
Note that to rotate or scale features individually, you can use the `rotate` and `scale` methods with a vector parameters.