Calculating the area of a shapefile

Question

I'm using AnyLogic's new GIS capabilities, which in turn uses the OpenMap API. I want to figure out the area of each shapefile I'm using, each of which is represented by an AnyLogic ShapeGISMap.Layer that uses an OpenMap AreaShapeLayer (both of which I can play with). How do I calculate the area?

Answer 1

Only one way I can think of: Plot the content of your shapefile using a polyline (or some other AL markup element) and calculate its area using known syntax. Otherwise, resort to some geo-processing tool such as ArcGIS :-(