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GEOmap (version 2.1)

geoarea: Area of Map objects

Description

vector of areas of polygons in map

Usage

geoarea(MAP, proj=NULL, ncut=10)

Arguments

MAP
Map structure
proj
projection
ncut
minimum number of points in polygon

Value

  • vector of areas

Details

Uses splancs function. If proj is NULL then the project is reset to UTM spherical for each element seperately to calculate the area in km. ncut is used to eliminate area calculations with strokes less than the specified number.