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Returns the area of the feature's default geometry. Area of points and line strings is 0 and the area of multi geometries is the sum of the areas of their components (intersecting areas are counted multiple times).
| Usage | Returns | Feature.area(maxError, proj) | Float |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: feature | Element | The feature from which the geometry is taken. |
maxError | ErrorMargin, default: null | The maximum amount of error tolerated when performing any necessary reprojection. |
proj | Projection, default: null | If specified, the result will be in the units of the coordinate system of this projection. Otherwise it will be in square meters. |
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Last updated 2024-09-19 UTC.
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