Use mapbox-gl-draw to draw a polygon and Turf.js to calculate its area in square meters.
See the example: https://docs.mapbox.com//mapbox-gl-js/example/mapbox-gl-draw/
// TO MAKE THE MAP APPEAR YOU MUST
// ADD YOUR ACCESS TOKEN FROM
// https://account.mapbox.com
mapboxgl.accessToken = 'pk.eyJ1IjoiYWxhbnRnZW8tcHJlc2FsZXMiLCJhIjoiY2pxcmZ1cW1mMG1tcDN4bDVvYzA4MWg5MyJ9.7QtVj_0ythHwEg1n_zaRTQ';
const map = new mapboxgl.Map({
container: 'map', // container ID
// Choose from Mapbox's core styles, or make your own style with Mapbox Studio
style: 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/satellite-v9', // style URL
center: [-91.874, 42.76], // starting position [lng, lat]
zoom: 12 // starting zoom
});
const draw = new MapboxDraw({
displayControlsDefault: false,
// Select which mapbox-gl-draw control buttons to add to the map.
controls: {
polygon: true,
trash: true
},
// Set mapbox-gl-draw to draw by default.
// The user does not have to click the polygon control button first.
defaultMode: 'draw_polygon'
});
map.addControl(draw);
map.on('draw.create', updateArea);
map.on('draw.delete', updateArea);
map.on('draw.update', updateArea);
//draw.modes.SIMPLE_SELECT === 'simple_select'
function updateArea(e) {
const data = draw.getAll();
console.log(data, draw.modes)
const answer = document.getElementById('calculated-area');
if (data.features.length > 0) {
const area = turf.area(data);
// Restrict the area to 2 decimal points.
const rounded_area = Math.round(area * 100) / 100;
answer.innerHTML = `<p><strong>${rounded_area}</strong></p><p>square meters</p>`;
} else {
answer.innerHTML = '';
if (e.type !== 'draw.delete')
alert('Click the map to draw a polygon.');
}
}
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