[R-sig-Geo] What is the metric projection equivalent to WGS 84

Tim Keitt tkeitt at utexas.edu
Mon May 25 00:10:47 CEST 2015


I would suggest UTM if your polygons are not large.

THK

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On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 3:37 PM, sadaoui <sadaouimahrez at outlook.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>
> what is the good  projection to be used, in order to calculate the area
> (square meters ) of my polygons that are found in different places of the
> world map.
>
> best regards
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