Grouping polygons based on clusters

Question

I have a polygon sf and all I want is to get the polygons grouped based on the clusters they belong to – ideally, the cluster grouping should be added as one more attribute to each polygon. The definition of cluster here is any polygon that shares an edge or a vertex with any neighbouring polygon will be in the same cluster.

My attemp with using poly2ng is as follows

tiles_cluster <- poly2nb(tiles)
coords <- st_coordinates(st_centroid(st_geometry(tiles)))
plot(st_geometry(tiles), border="grey")
plot(tiles_cluster, coords, col="grey", add = TRUE)

But I don't know how to extract the clusters from the output.

I would also like to know if I can cluster them using a threshold distance meaning even if the polygons are discountinous if they are within the threshold distance they should be clustered together.

tiles 

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13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 17L, 18L, 12L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 17L, 11L, 
12L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 11L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 13L, 14L, 15L, 
13L, 14L, 11L, 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 
13L, 6L, 7L, 11L, 12L, 13L, 7L, 8L, 12L, 13L, 8L, 14L, 8L, 15L, 
8L, 16L, 7L, 15L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 14L, 15L, 16L, 17L, 13L, 14L
), y = c(2L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 5L, 
5L, 6L, 6L, 6L, 6L, 6L, 6L, 7L, 7L, 7L, 7L, 7L, 7L, 8L, 8L, 8L, 
8L, 8L, 9L, 9L, 9L, 10L, 10L, 11L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 12L, 13L, 
13L, 13L, 13L, 13L, 13L, 13L, 14L, 14L, 14L, 14L, 14L, 15L, 15L, 
15L, 15L, 16L, 16L, 17L, 17L, 18L, 18L, 20L, 2L, 3L, 3L, 3L, 
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"aggregate", "identity")))

Answer 1

Try this:

require(sf)

shape <- read_sf(dsn = "/home/bera/Desktop/GIStest/grid_R.shp")
geometries <- st_cast(st_union(st_buffer(shape, 0.1)), "POLYGON") #Buffer to make the corners touch, union to dissolve adjacent borders
dissolved <- st_sf(geometries) #Create a sf object from the geometries
dissolved$clusterID=1:length(geometries) #Add cluster id to each row
result <- st_join(shape, dissolved) #Join cluster id to the original polygons

st_write(result, "/home/bera/Desktop/GIStest/grid_R_dissolved.shp")