+NWMOhunter Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 I have a friend who is wanting to figure out the area (in acres) of a plot of land. He has the 4 coords that he needs, but no idea on how to figure it. I plugged the coords in my Legend to see if the area calculator would work, but I couldn't select waypoints to figure. Does anyone know of a software that could be used to calculate this area? Quote Link to comment
+blindleader Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 I'm sure there is software out there. All COGO (coordinate geometry) programs have the function. I don't know if there are any that work directly with geographic coordinates (Latitude and longitude). You'll probably have to convert to rectangular coordinates. Easy enough using a Geographic/UTM converter. The formula is simple to program into any spreadsheet program and for an area with just four corners it's easy enough to do by hand with a calculator. The formula is in my post in this thread. BTW there are approx. 4047 square meters in an acre. Quote Link to comment
EagleI Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 (edited) I use GPS Utility for this precise purpose. Works great, and it's available as Freeware! (with limited capacity, but unlimited use) Edited March 11, 2004 by EagleI Quote Link to comment
CenTexDodger Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 Mapsourse will figure area if you have the points. Just put them in, and draw a measurement line around them, then it will show the area on the measurement bar at the bottom of the screen. Quote Link to comment
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