visibility_index {whitebox}R Documentation

Visibility index

Description

Estimates the relative visibility of sites in a DEM.

Usage

visibility_index(dem, output, height = 2, res_factor = 2,
  verbose_mode = FALSE)

Arguments

dem

Input raster DEM file.

output

Output raster file.

height

Viewing station height, in z units.

res_factor

The resolution factor determines the density of measured viewsheds.

verbose_mode

Sets verbose mode. If verbose mode is False, tools will not print output messages.

Value

Returns the tool text outputs.


[Package whitebox version 0.5.0 Index]