Hi Pilar! I found this exchange in the R-SIG-GEO mailing list...
http://markmail.org/message/yxysd44dekpr3de3?q=r-sig-geo+distance+point+shape hope it helps! Miguel On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 12:16, Pilar Tugores Ferra <pilar.tugo...@ba.ieo.es> wrote: > > Hi list! > I need computing shortest distance from points to a polyline layer (coast > line). > I've been searching all the morning a function in R that can do this but > couldn't find anything! > Is there any R function that do this? Or can anybody give me some hint about > how it could be done? > Kind regards! > Pilar > > > Mª Pilar Tugores Ferrà > PhD Student > Instituto Español de Oceanografía > Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares > Muelle de Poniente s/n > 07015 Palma de Mallorca > Baleares, España > Telf.: (34) 971 401561 > > La información contenida en este e-mail y sus ficheros adjuntos es totalmente > confidencial y no debería ser usado si no fuera usted alguno de los > destinatarios. Si ha recibido este e-mail por error, por favor avise al > remitente y bórrelo de su buzón o de cualquier otro medio de almacenamiento. > This email is confidential and should not be used by anyone who is not the > original intended recipient. If you have received this e-mail in error > please inform the sender and delete it from your mailbox or any other > storage mechanism. > > _______________________________________________ > R-sig-Geo mailing list > R-sig-Geo@stat.math.ethz.ch > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo > -- http://franchu.net _______________________________________________ R-sig-Geo mailing list R-sig-Geo@stat.math.ethz.ch https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-geo