Measuring areas: from polygons to land maps

zbMATH Open1259.28003MaRDI QIDQ4904751FDOQ4904751

Authors: Yutaka Nishiyama 

Publication date: 31 January 2013

Full work available at URL: http://www.ijpam.eu/contents/2012-81-1/9/index.html

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zbMATH Keywords

polygonHeron's formulaplanimeterpolar planimetertrapezoid formulaJacob Amslerlinear planimetermeasurement of areatriangulation survey

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to measure and integration (28-01) Physics, astronomy, technology, engineering (aspects of mathematics education) (97M50) Popularization of mathematics (00A09) Geometry education (97G99) Integral calculus (educational aspects) (97I50)

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