Show drawn polygon area
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/
by Nikolay Petrov
January 04, 2021
HTML
<script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v2.0.1/mapbox-gl.js"></script>
<script src="https://api.tiles.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/plugins/turf/v3.0.11/turf.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/plugins/mapbox-gl-draw/v1.2.0/mapbox-gl-draw.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v2.0.1/mapbox-gl.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/plugins/mapbox-gl-draw/v1.2.0/mapbox-gl-draw.css">
<div id="map"></div>
<div class="calculation-box">
<div id="calculated-area"></div>
</div>
CSS
body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
#map { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 100%; }
.calculation-box {
height: 75px;
width: 150px;
position: absolute;
bottom: 40px;
left: 10px;
background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9);
padding: 15px;
text-align: center;
}
p {
font-family: 'Open Sans';
margin: 0;
font-size: 13px;
}
JavaScript
mapboxgl.accessToken = 'pk.eyJ1IjoicGV0cm92bm4iLCJhIjoiVHJkcXROMCJ9.hzniKblVA-O0YJSvCfwztg';
var map = new mapboxgl.Map({
container: 'map', // container id
style: 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/satellite-v9', //hosted style id
center: [-91.874, 42.76], // starting position
zoom: 12 // starting zoom
});
var draw = new MapboxDraw({
displayControlsDefault: false,
controls: {
polygon: true,
trash: true
}
});
map.addControl(draw);
map.on('draw.create', updateArea);
map.on('draw.delete', updateArea);
map.on('draw.update', updateArea);
function updateArea(e) {
var data = draw.getAll();
var answer = document.getElementById('calculated-area');
if (data.features.length > 0) {
var area = turf.area(data);
// restrict to area to 2 decimal points
var rounded_area = Math.round(area * 100) / 100;
answer.innerHTML = rounded_area;
} else {
answer.innerHTML = '';
if (e.type !== 'draw.delete')
alert('Use the draw tools to draw a polygon!');
}
}