bento.tl.area

bento.tl.area(sdata, shape_key, recompute=False)

Compute the area of each shape.

Parameters:

• sdata (SpatialData) – Spatial formatted SpatialData

• shape_key (str) – Key in sdata.shapes[shape_key] that contains the shape information.

• recompute (bool, optional) – If True, forces the computation of the area even if it already exists in the shape metadata. If False (default), the computation is skipped if the area already exists.

Returns:

.shapes[shape_key][‘{shape}_area’] – Area of each polygon

Return type:

float