parcelareadev

R functions. Development of nonlinear RAPELD plot area calculations and processing.

Takes compass bearings and distances recorded during plot installation and then:

derives coordinates and calculates the survey area of nonlinear plots.
exports .pdf files showing plots
exports calculated areas as .csv
Exports plot lines as shapefiles and .kml

Installation to R

Install development version from github.

install current devtools package from CRAN: install.packages("devtools") .
Use devtools to install the parcelareadev package from github: devtools::install_github("darrennorris/parcelareadev") .
load: library("parcelareadev")

Background

RAPELD and environmental monitoring: https://ppbio.inpa.gov.br/en/Biodiversity_and_Integrated

Brief intro to RAPELD, Chapter 3, Download: http://ppbio.inpa.gov.br/sites/default/files/Biodiversidade%20e%20monitoramento%20ambiental%20integrado.pdf