Apply a buffer region to a bounding box

If the input bbox is in lat/lon coordinates, the buffer is approximately applied by first transforming the bbox in a suitable projected coordinate reference system, expanding it with the given buffer, transforming it back to the lat/lon system, and finally taking the bounding box of the obtained area.

Usage

buffer_bbox(bbox, buffer)

Arguments

bbox

Bonding box as a simple feature object

buffer

Buffer region in meters

Value

Expanded bounding box as a simple feature object