Street-orientation entropy — ox_orientation

Shannon entropy (in nats) of the distribution of edge compass bearings, binned into equal sectors. Higher values indicate a more disordered (organic) network; lower values a more ordered (gridiron) one.

Usage

ox_orientation_entropy(x, num_bins = 36)

Arguments

x: An osm_graph or a numeric vector of bearings (degrees), e.g. from ox_bearings().
num_bins: Number of equal bearing sectors over [0, 360). Default 36.

Value

A numeric scalar (entropy in nats).

Examples

g <- example_osm_graph()
ox_orientation_entropy(g)
#> [1] 1.526878