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  1. Apr 13th, 2002, 05:24 PM #1
    BigGlass
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    Question Polygon Area

    Given a polygon with N number of points (x,y coordinates) how to calculate the area (surface) ?
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  2. Apr 13th, 2002, 06:15 PM #2
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    http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourk...etry/polyarea/
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  3. Apr 20th, 2002, 01:12 AM #3
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    Treat it as the sum of the areas of a lot of triangles.
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