Thank you for your help. I'm still working on it. I think the use of polygonValues is a good idea, but the script:
library(raster) lst = list() for (i in 1:nzones) { p <- polygonValues(pol,r, fun=function(x){x==i}) lst[[i]] = histogram(p[,3]) } doesn't work yet. Do I have to define a function to use in "fun=function(x)(x==1)"? Thank you. C. 2010/5/26 Robert J. Hijmans <r.hijm...@gmail.com>: > Clélia, > > The optimal solution would depend a bit on your data. If the regions > are not too large, you could loop over the zones > > library(raster) > lst = list() > for (i in 1:nzones) { > p <- rasterToPoints(r, fun=function(x){x==i}) > lst[[i]] = histogram(p[,3]) > } > > If you also have the zones as polygons you could alternatively look > over the polygons and use polygonValues in stead of rasterToPoints > > Another, more elaborate, option could be to, in your loop, reclassify > the regions raster (1 / 0 ), multiply that with the elevation data; > trim the output raster, make a histogram (set maxpixels to > ncell(raster)) (this may take a long time to finish) > > You could also first aggregate the rasters; unless you care much about > the extreme values. > > Hope this helps, > Robert > > > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 2:08 AM, Clélia Bilodeau > <clelia.bilod...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Dear list, >> >> I have two rasters, one is a Digital Elevation Model, and the other is >> a region file. >> I am looking for a method that allows me to plot the elevation >> histogram or density for each region. >> >> My first try was to do this with a function and to use "Zonal" from >> the "raster" package, but I have a very large file, so I have this >> error: >> "RasterLayers are too large. You can use fun='sum', 'mean', 'min', or >> 'max', but not a function" >> >> Is there another way to do this? >> >> Thank you. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-sig-Geo mailing list >> R-sig-Geo@stat.math.ethz.ch >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo >> > _______________________________________________ R-sig-Geo mailing list R-sig-Geo@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo