Calculating area of a polygon drawn on google map

Question

I am looking for an accurate algorithm or a service to calculate surface area on earth where points are calculated on the basis of GPS Coordinates.

I am using Googl

Answer 1

Yes, this is definitely possible. There is a quick tutorial with example code here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20130301120148/http://geojason.info/demos/line-length-polygon-area-google-maps-v3

The relevant part is this:

google.maps.geometry.spherical.computeArea(yourPolygon.getPath());

Official documentation:

http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/reference.html#spherical