I often need to get mainland from country / administrative region polygons, so I finally decided to write a function to help automate it. Feedback welcome! https://modtools.wordpress.com/2026/10/20/get-largest-e-g-mainland-polygons-from-a-map/ #GIS #GISchat #Rstats #Rspatial #geospatial
modToolsGet largest (e.g. mainland) polygons from a mapI often need to get mainland from country / administrative region polygons, so I finally decided to write a function to help automate it. It selects the N largest feature(s) in a polygons or lines …