Counting Incidents around Points

This function calculates the number of incidents (e.g., violent events) within a specified distance around specified points (e.g., villages).

GeoCount(x, y, distance, x.latitude = "latitude",
         x.longitude = "longitude", y.latitude = "latitude",
         y.longitude = "longitude")

Arguments

x	data frame containing the longitude and the latitude of points.
y	data frame containing the longitude and the latitude of incidents.
distance	numeric. The distance from points in kilometers.
x.latitude	character. The variable name for the latitude in x.
x.longitude	character. The variable name for the longitude in x.
y.latitude	character. The variable name for the latitude in y.
y.longitude	character. The variable name for the longitude in y.