# turf-area

> calculate the area of a polygon or multipolygon feature

Latest version **3.0.12** (published 2016-07-05) · ISC license · 0 weekly downloads

> **Deprecated.** This package is deprecated.

## Install

```sh
npm install turf-area
pnpm add turf-area
yarn add turf-area
bun add turf-area
```

## Health

**Score 10/100 (F)** — status: deprecated.

Negative: deprecated.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.0.12 |
| Published | 2016-07-05 |
| First published | 2015-01-06 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | ISC |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 1 |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Author | Tom MacWright |
| Maintainers | morganherlocker, mourner, jvrousseau, jseppi, cspanring, cwmma, lyzidiamond, tmcw |
| Keywords | turf, area, polygon, multipolygon |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/turf-area
- Repository: https://github.com/Turfjs/turf-area
- Homepage: https://github.com/Turfjs/turf-area#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/Turfjs/turf-area/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/turf-area

## Dependencies (1)

- [geojson-area](https://npm.io/package/geojson-area.md) ^0.2.1

## Recent versions

- 3.0.12 (latest) — 2016-07-05
- 3.0.7-canary.ae89c8b3 (canary) — 2016-06-14
- 3.0.10 — 2016-06-15
- 3.0.7 — 2016-06-13
- 3.0.6 — 2016-06-03
- 3.0.5-canary.4f73aa1a — 2016-06-03
- 3.0.1 — 2016-05-16
- 3.0.0-canary.7879bf6c — 2016-05-16
- 3.0.0-canary.2f5f7167 — 2016-05-16
- 1.1.1 — 2015-02-06
- 1.1.0 — 2015-01-15
- 1.0.0 — 2015-01-06

## README

# turf-area

# area

Takes a one or more features and returns their area
in square meters.

**Parameters**

-   `input` **(Feature | FeatureCollection)** input features

**Examples**

```javascript
var polygons = {
  "type": "FeatureCollection",
  "features": [
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "properties": {},
      "geometry": {
        "type": "Polygon",
        "coordinates": [[
          [-67.031021, 10.458102],
          [-67.031021, 10.53372],
          [-66.929397, 10.53372],
          [-66.929397, 10.458102],
          [-67.031021, 10.458102]
        ]]
      }
    }, {
      "type": "Feature",
      "properties": {},
      "geometry": {
        "type": "Polygon",
        "coordinates": [[
          [-66.919784, 10.397325],
          [-66.919784, 10.513467],
          [-66.805114, 10.513467],
          [-66.805114, 10.397325],
          [-66.919784, 10.397325]
        ]]
      }
    }
  ]
};

var area = turf.area(polygons);

//=area
```

Returns **[Number](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Number)** area in square meters

---

This module is part of the [Turfjs project](http://turfjs.org/), an open source
module collection dedicated to geographic algorithms. It is maintained in the
[Turfjs/turf](https://github.com/Turfjs/turf) repository, where you can create
PRs and issues.

### Installation

Install this module individually:

```sh
$ npm install turf-area
```

Or install the Turf module that includes it as a function:

```sh
$ npm install turf
```

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