library(sp) data(meuse) coordinates(meuse) = c("x", "y") new.locs <- SpatialPoints(data.frame( x = c(181170, 180310, 180205, 178673, 178770, 178270), y = c(333250, 332189, 331707, 330066, 330675, 331075))) library(gstat) krige(zinc ~ 1, meuse, new.locs, vgm(1.34e5, "Sph", 800, nug = 2.42e4), block = c(40,40), nmax = 40) new.locs <- SpatialPoints(data.frame(x = c(181170), y = c(333250))) disc = c(-15,-5,5,15) block.irreg <- data.frame(expand.grid(x = disc, y = disc)) block.irreg # first disable default Gaussian quadrature used for block integration, by # setting nblockdiscr explicitly: krige(zinc ~ 1, meuse, new.locs, model = vgm(1.34e5, "Sph", 800, nug = 2.42e4), block = c(40,40), nmax = 40, set = list(nblockdiscr=4)) # now pass the same block discretization as block.irreg: krige(zinc ~ 1, meuse, new.locs, vgm(1.34e5, "Sph", 800, nug = 2.42e4), block = block.irreg, nmax = 40) # check weights argument: block.irreg <- data.frame(expand.grid(x = disc, y = disc), weights = rep(1/16, 16)) krige(zinc ~ 1, meuse, new.locs, vgm(1.34e5, "Sph", 800, nug = 2.42e4), block = block.irreg, nmax = 40)