Returns points within the shape, near the center. Uses the centroid if that's in the shape, or point on surface if not.
st_centerish(shp, epsg = 3857)An sf dataframe
numeric EPSG code to planarize to. Default is 3857.
An sf dataframe where geometry is the center(ish) of each shape in shp
data(towns)
st_centerish(towns)
#> Simple feature collection with 7 features and 5 fields
#> Geometry type: POINT
#> Dimension: XY
#> Bounding box: xmin: -8246026 ymin: 5040737 xmax: -8234039 ymax: 5050560
#> Projected CRS: WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator
#> NAME VILLAGE TOWN MUNI ID
#> 1 Haverstraw Haverstraw Haverstraw Haverstraw Village 1
#> 2 Haverstraw Pomona Haverstraw Pomona, Haverstraw 2
#> 3 Haverstraw <NA> Haverstraw Haverstraw 3
#> 4 Haverstraw West Haverstraw Haverstraw West Haverstraw 4
#> 5 Haverstraw <NA> Haverstraw Haverstraw 5
#> 6 Stony Point <NA> Stony Point Stony Point 6
#> 7 Haverstraw <NA> Haverstraw Haverstraw 7
#> geometry
#> 1 POINT (-8234039 5040737)
#> 2 POINT (-8243081 5041725)
#> 3 POINT (-8235791 5044025)
#> 4 POINT (-8236354 5042820)
#> 5 POINT (-8246026 5043154)
#> 6 POINT (-8239547 5050560)
#> 7 POINT (-8234888 5049279)