Timeline for How do I calculate the area of a polygon given its coordinates?
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| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:55 | history | edited | CommunityBot | replaced http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/ with https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/ | |
| Jun 24, 2014 at 16:02 | comment | added | Kuba | @minthao_2011 the order does matter. Try PolygonArea[Reverse@pts]. If it is only a matter of clockwise or anticlockwise order you can use Abs. | |
| Jun 24, 2014 at 15:49 | comment | added | minthao_2011 | when I tried pts = {{5, 2}, {4, 1}, {1, 3}}; GraphicsMeshMeshInit[]; PolygonArea[pts] I got -2.5. I don't understand. | |
| Aug 27, 2013 at 23:22 | history | edited | Kuba | CC BY-SA 3.0 | remark about uundocumented functions. |
| Aug 27, 2013 at 22:51 | vote | accept | d.k | ||
| Aug 27, 2013 at 22:39 | history | answered | Kuba | CC BY-SA 3.0 |