lwgeom_area_sphere()

double lwgeom_area_sphere	(	const LWGEOM *	lwgeom,
		const SPHEROID *	spheroid
	)

Calculate the geodetic area of a lwgeom on the sphere.

The result will be multiplied by the average radius of the supplied spheroid.

Calculate the geodetic area of a lwgeom on the sphere.

Definition at line 1950 of file lwgeodetic.c.

{
        SPHEROID s;
        spheroid_init(&s, WGS84_RADIUS, WGS84_RADIUS);
        return lwgeom_area_spheroid(lwgeom, &s);
}

References lwgeom_area_spheroid(), s, spheroid_init(), and WGS84_RADIUS.

Referenced by geography_centroid_from_mpoly(), test_lwgeom_area_sphere(), and test_spheroid_area().

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