On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, Markus Loecher wrote: > Dear all, excuse me if this question has been asked before (I actually > did not find a searchable interface for the sig-geo archives).
Using RSiteSearch(), or going to http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/search.html searches the R-sig-geo list archives. > Is there an R function that computes the largest rectangle that "fits" > into a given polygon ? This is a bit the dual of the (much easier) > problem of computing the MBR (minimum bounding rectangle) > I guess you are thinking of a rectangle aligned on the coordinate system axes? As far as I know, nothing there, although looking at the wide range of functions found in spatstat might reveal something. Roger > Thanks ! > > Markus > > _______________________________________________ > R-sig-Geo mailing list > R-sig-Geo@stat.math.ethz.ch > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo > -- Roger Bivand Economic Geography Section, Department of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Helleveien 30, N-5045 Bergen, Norway. voice: +47 55 95 93 55; fax +47 55 95 95 43 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ R-sig-Geo mailing list R-sig-Geo@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo