GeoArea
GeoArea[g]
gives the area of the geo region g.
Details and Options
- GeoArea[Polygon[…]] computes the area enclosed by the polygon, assuming that neighboring points of the polygon are joined by geodesic paths.
- GeoArea[Polygon[entity]] and GeoArea[entity] compute the area enclosed by the polygon of the given geo entity.
- GeoArea[{g1,g2,…}] returns {GeoArea[g1],GeoArea[g2],…}.
- GeoArea["World"] returns the area of the surface of the Earth, using the ellipsoidal model "ITRF00".
- Possible options of GeoArea include:
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GeoModel Automatic model of the Earth or celestial body UnitSystem $UnitSystem unit system to use in the result
Examples
open allclose allBasic Examples (3)
Scope (7)
Compute the area of a polygonal region on Earth, assuming geodesic edges:
Compute the area of the region enclosed by the polygon of a geo entity:
That can also be expressed as follows:
Areas of the entities of a class, in this case the countries of South America:
Total area of the polygon enclosing those countries:
It can also be obtained by subtracting the areas of the inner regions from that of the outer region:
Total area of a group of non-overlapping geo regions:
It can also be obtained by computing the respective areas and adding them:
Options (2)
UnitSystem (1)
Use the units determined by the value of $UnitSystem:
Properties & Relations (3)
The ratio of area to squared radius decreases, due to the curvature of the Earth:
GeoArea computes area on the surface of the ellipsoidal Earth:
Use Area with the projected polygon to compute area on the flat map:
"UTMZone33" is an appropriate transverse Mercator projection for Austria, and produces a relative error smaller than :
Using an inconvenient projection, like "UTMZone48", may result in large area errors:
GeoArea returns Missing["NotAvailable"] for those entity objects with no polygon information:
Missing expressions are propagated:
Text
Wolfram Research (2015), GeoArea, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoArea.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2015. "GeoArea." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoArea.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2015). GeoArea. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoArea.html