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sp:gIntersection warning message about projection

2 messages · Monica Palaseanu-Lovejoy, Bede-Fazekas Ákos

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Monica Palaseanu-Lovejoy
# 
Hi,

I am using in my workflow gIntersection from sp package. Part of my
relevant sessionInfo is:
R version 4.0.3 (2020-10-10)
Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64 (64-bit)
Running under: Windows 10 x64 (build 17763)

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base

other attached packages:
[1] CircStats_0.2-6 boot_1.3-25     MASS_7.3-53     stringr_1.4.0
[5] rgeos_0.5-5     maptools_1.0-2  rgdal_1.5-18    raster_3.3-13
[9] sp_1.4-4


So i am using 2  SpatialLinesDataFrame that are results of previous
computation. I am not sure i can give a viable examples, but maybe this can
be solved without. If not i will figure out how i can give you a workable
example. Or if you know if there are in R already loaded 2 different line
shapefiles with projection then i will see if i can replicate this problem.

But the main point is that my workflow was fine in R 4.0.0 and the older sp
version, and after i upgraded to the newest R and updated all packages i am
getting the projection warning.

So, first file:

 buff
class       : SpatialLinesDataFrame
features    : 1
extent      : 560525.5, 561302.4, 4698908, 4701110  (xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax)
crs         : +proj=utm +zone=16 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs
variables   : 2
names       : ID, buff_dist
value       :  2,       135

second file:

pln
class       : SpatialLinesDataFrame
features    : 1
extent      : 560615.6, 560705.4, 4698905, 4699180  (xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax)
crs         : +proj=utm +zone=16 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs
variables   : 2
names       :                x,                y
value       : 560615.564407584, 4698904.71208346

Please observe that both files have identical projections.

p1 <- gIntersection(buff, pln)
Warning message:
In RGEOSBinTopoFunc(spgeom1, spgeom2, byid, id, drop_lower_td,
unaryUnion_if_byid_false,  :
  spgeom1 and spgeom2 have different proj4 strings

This warning is baffling since both files have same projection:
crs(buff)
CRS arguments:
 +proj=utm +zone=16 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs

crs(pln)
CRS arguments:
 +proj=utm +zone=16 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs

Probably i am doing something wrong but for the life of me i cannot see it
as yet.

Thanks so much for any help, take care,
Monica
Bede-Fazekas Ákos
# 
Hello Monica,

The format of CRS definition changed a lot in the last years. I saw 
similar errors thrown by package sf, and transforming or CRS 
modification solved the problem. Does rgeos::gIntersection() work if you 
run one of the following lines before intersection?:
proj4string(pln) <- proj4string(buff)
pln <- spTransform(pln, proj4string(buff))
pln <- spTransform(x = pln, CRSobj = "+proj=utm +zone=16 +datum=WGS84 
+units=m +no_defs"); buff<- spTransform(x = buff, CRSobj = "+proj=utm 
+zone=16 +datum=WGS84 +units=m +no_defs")

Have a nice week,
?kos Bede-Fazekas
Hungarian Academy of Sciences

2020.10.21. 16:29 keltez?ssel, Monica Palaseanu-Lovejoy ?rta: