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TT.polygon.area: Internal. Determines the area of 1 polygon (in x-y coordinates).

Description

Determines the area of 1 non-intersecting polygon (in x-y

coordinates). Used by TT.polygon.centroids(). pol.x[1]:pol.y[1]

is supposed different from pol.x[n]:pol.y[n] (i.e. the polygon

is NOT closed).

After "http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/geometry/polyarea/

Calculating The Area And Centroid Of A Polygon. Written by

Paul Bourke, July 1988".

Usage

TT.polygon.area(pol.x, pol.y)

Arguments

pol.x

Vector of numericals. X coordinates of each vertices of the

polygon.

pol.y

Vector of numericals. Y coordinates of each vertices of the

polygon.

Value

Returns a single numerical: area of the polygon.