polygon_self_intersection.RdThis internal function is used to check whether a delineated polygon intersects any other delineated polygons. It will report the polygon it overlaps and the proportion of area which overlaps.
polygon_self_intersection(polygon, all_polygons, self_id)
| polygon | the polygon to be checked |
|---|---|
| all_polygons | a SpatialPolygonDataFrame as calculated from the |
| self_id | the ID of the polygon being assessed. This makes sure that the polygon excludes this file |
merge_delineated_polygons