I don't know why I forgot that you can do this as well : area.poly(intersect(p1,p2))
... a bit more straightforward. greetings, Remko -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/calculate-area-between-intersecting-polygons-tp3012980p3014581.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.