Algorithm for Area of a closed polygon.

Andreas Fabri andreas.fabri at geometryfactory.com
Wed Nov 12 23:27:12 PST 2003


Hi,

You might have a look at CGAL, the Computational Geometry Algorithm Library.

http://www.cgal.org/Manual/doc_html/basic_lib/Polygon_ref/Function_area_2.html#Cross_link_anchor_0

andreas

Ted Hill a écrit:

> I want to be able to calculate the area inside a closed many-sided 
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> Given an array of the (x,y) vertices that define the polygon, is there 
> a well-known algorithm that can calculate the enclosed area quickly?
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> Thanks,
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> Ted Hill
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