Append paddock names by point-in-polygon intersection

Uses buffered paddock polygons and assigns a daily modal paddock per animal. Rows not intersecting the modal paddock are dropped.

Usage

grz_append_paddock_names(
  data,
  paddocks_sf,
  buffer_m = 100,
  paddock_col = "paddock",
  groups = NULL,
  verbose = TRUE,
  return_class = c("data.frame", "data.table")
)

Arguments

data

Data frame with lon, lat, datetime, and sensor_id.

paddocks_sf

sf polygon object.

buffer_m

Buffer distance in meters.

paddock_col

Output paddock column name.

groups

Grouping columns used for modal paddock assignment (default deployment + sensor when available).

verbose

Logical; print diagnostics.

return_class

Output class: "data.frame" (default) or "data.table".

Value

Data with appended paddock column and dropped out-of-paddock rows.