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Create a colony location point

set_colony_point.Rd

Creates an sf point object from longitude and latitude coordinates and projects it to ETRS89 / LAEA Europe (EPSG:3035).

Usage

set_colony_point(lon, lat)

Arguments

lon

Longitude in decimal degrees (WGS84).

lat

Latitude in decimal degrees (WGS84).

Value

An sf point object in EPSG:3035.

Examples

# Whinnyfold colony
colony <- set_colony_point(
  lon = -1.85849,
  lat = 57.388807
)

colony
#> Simple feature collection with 1 feature and 0 fields
#> Geometry type: POINT
#> Dimension:     XY
#> Bounding box:  xmin: 3610821 ymin: 3868663 xmax: 3610821 ymax: 3868663
#> Projected CRS: ETRS89-extended / LAEA Europe
#>                  geometry
#> 1 POINT (3610821 3868663)