Why `geometryEngine.planarArea` does not match the results calculated by the Shoelace formula

yujinpan — Tue, 24 May 2022 02:41:54 GMT

I created an instance and listed two calculation results, the result of `planarArea` is 20423.311146823657, and the result of `Sholace formula` is 20423.328125, the difference is -0.016978176343400264, why is this?

https://codepen.io/yujinpan/pen/BaYwLPG?editors=1001

Here is my calculation.

// Shoelace formula
let total = 0;
coordinates.forEach(([x, y], index, arr) => {
const [nextX, nextY] = arr[index + 1] || arr[0];
total += (x*nextY - nextX*y)*0.5;
});

Re: Why `geometryEngine.planarArea` does not match the results calculated by the Shoelace formula

DanPatterson — Tue, 24 May 2022 02:47:20 GMT

if the units are meters, then the difference is about 2 millimeters squared over a total area 20 thousand-ish meters squared.

floating point precision and/or math package differences

different methods of calculating area

shoelace doesn't know about coordinate systems

some possibilities.

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