Create Spatial Grid

createSpatialGrid()

Create a spatial grid using the default method.

createSpatialGrid(
    gobject,
    name = NULL,
    method = c("default"),
    sdimx_stepsize = NULL,
    sdimy_stepsize = NULL,
    sdimz_stepsize = NULL,
    minimum_padding = 1,
    return_gobject = TRUE
)

Arguments

gobject	giotto object
name	name for spatial grid
method	method to create a spatial grid
sdimx_stepsize	stepsize along the x-axis
dimy_stepsize	stepsize along the y-axis
sdimz_stepsize	stepsize along the z-axis
minimum_padding	minimum padding on the edges
return_gobject	boolean: return Giotto object (default = TRUE)

Value

A Giotto object with updated spatial grid slot

Details

Creates a spatial grid with defined x, y (and z) dimensions. The dimension units are based on the provided spatial location units.

Default Method

createSpatialDefaultGrid()