R sp: unit of area of Polygon
问题 I use R to read in a shape file to analyse with the sp package polygons of oilfields (longitude-latitude with WGS84) and their respective areas. Unfortunately I do not know the unit of the area output. E.g. the area output is on average 0.85 units (max 4.34) which probably is not in square kilometers since this would be much too small for oilfields. Does anyone know the unit of the area output of Polygons in the sp package? Many thanks! 回答1: To get a correct area computation for a polygon in