Compute Maximum Possible Distance for a Raster Object

Calculates the diagonal length of a raster's extent, accounting for the coordinate reference system.

Usage

diagonal(x)

Arguments

x

A raster object.

Value

The diagonal distance in meteres.

Examples

library(terra)

# Read data from the mrangr package
K_map <- rast(system.file("input_maps/K_map_eg.tif", package = "mrangr"))

diagonal(K_map)
#> [1] 21214