I would like to eventually create a shape file in ArcGIS and then extract it is a matrix to be read by a spatial package I use in R.
My first step is to create a simple binary martix of a map (UK for example) with 1 - water and 2- land. As a newcomer to both coding and GIS, I am struggling to come up with a solution.
I have been looking into spatial weights matrices - does this sound like the right way forward?
Background: The package i use (not yet on CRAN) looks at spatial points and displays them on google maps with predicted 'sources'. I would like to develop this and reducing the search area (give more informed priors). For example 'don't search in water'. To do this I need a nice matrix from ArcGIS.
Any ideas?
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My first step is to create a simple binary martix of a map (UK for example) with 1 - water and 2- land. As a newcomer to both coding and GIS, I am struggling to come up with a solution.
I have been looking into spatial weights matrices - does this sound like the right way forward?
Background: The package i use (not yet on CRAN) looks at spatial points and displays them on google maps with predicted 'sources'. I would like to develop this and reducing the search area (give more informed priors). For example 'don't search in water'. To do this I need a nice matrix from ArcGIS.
Any ideas?
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