gis.measure.Area

class Area(**kwargs) [source]

To initialize an area object, pass in a keyword corresponding to the desired unit attribute name set with desired value. For example, the following creates an area object representing 5 square miles:

>>> a = Area(sq_mi=5)

__getattr__(unit_att)

Returns the area value in units corresponding to the given unit attribute. For example:

>>> print(a.sq_km)
12.949940551680001

classmethod unit_attname(unit_name)

Returns the area unit attribute name for the given full unit name. For example:

>>> Area.unit_attname('Kilometer')
'sq_km'