Randomly thin a point data set

Randomly thin a point data set.

thin(pts,n)

Arguments

pts

a points data set.

n

the number of points to return

Value

Returns a point data set consisting of n points selected randomly from the set pts.

References

Rowlingson, B. and Diggle, P. 1993 Splancs: spatial point pattern analysis code in S-Plus. Computers and Geosciences, 19, 627-655; the original sources can be accessed at: https://www.maths.lancs.ac.uk/~rowlings/Splancs/. See also Bivand, R. and Gebhardt, A. 2000 Implementing functions for spatial statistical analysis using the R language. Journal of Geographical Systems, 2, 307-317.