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

Usage

geo_area(x)

Arguments

x: (character) a Feature or FeatureCollection

Value

(numeric) area in square meters

Examples

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]
        ]]
      }
    }
  ]
}'
geo_area(polygons)
#> [1] 255931321