Currently if I print a spatial polygon data frame I get the list
representation, which almost always scrolls way of the screen as giant
lists of lists of coordinates whizz past. It's nearly always useless
and luckily ESS lets me C-c C-o and zap the output. For
SpatialPointsDF you get:
coordinates letters LETTERS
1 (1, 0.0486677) a A
2 (2, 0.520911) b B
3 (3, 0.207873) c C
4 (4, 0.466571) d D
- for spatial polys and lines would it be better to have such a
compact representation as the default print? I'd rather use the word
'geometry' and have it print as a (truncated) pseudo-WKT, something
like:
geometry letters LETTERS
1 POINT(1 0.0486677) a A
2 POINT(2 0.520911) b B
for points, and:
geometry letters LETTERS
1 LINESTRING(...) a A
for lines, and:
geometry letters LETTERS
1 POLYGON(...) a A
for polygons. Or MULTIPOLYGON, whichever is appropriate. I think it
should literally print dot-dot-dot, since for anything other than
points its going to be voluminous.
Today I am a random idea factory...
Barry
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