Area Computation

If you already have or Created an area shapefile, from its Database table controls, you can:

• Double click on a record in the data base, and pick calculate area
• Edit,  Field geometry to compute the areas and place them in the database.

If you just want a quick area:

Icon on map window toolbar, or Calculate menu.

Outline the region specified, either with stream or point mode digitizing.

This will creates an area shapefile in c:\mapdata\temp, which will be deleted when you close the program unless you save it, and a text display of the results.

Last revision 6/10/2020