Finding the area of a polygon feature in a shapefile

Question

Excuse the very simple question. How do i find the area of a selected polygon feature in a shapefile?

It's not that simple if you have to do it programmatically :-) — , Jul 24 '12 at 09:46
similar question http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/30006/how-to-calculate-polygon-areas-and-perimeters (QGIS specific) — underdark, Jul 24 '12 at 10:22

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 06 '12 at 15:45

Not trying to be terse, but given that you are using shapefiles it may be reasonale to assume you might have access to ArcGIS. If so, the directions here:

http://soa.utexas.edu/crp/gis/arcgis_tips/area_calculation.html

are quite clear.

then simply select the polygon and look at your attribute table.

Answer GetSpatial's question and there are plenty of other options

Finding the area of a polygon feature in a shapefile

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