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Estimates curvature either directly through derivatives of the x and y coordinates relative to arc length, or as the derivative of segment angle relative to arc length.

Usage

curvature(s, x, y, method = "angle")

Arguments

s

Arc length along the body.

x, y

Coordinates of each point along the body

method

("xy" or "angle") for the direct formula or for the angle derivative

Value

Curvature.

Details

Assumes that points are in order along the curve from head to tail.