Trying to get the area of the following polygon returns a huge value: 510064605194832.
DECLARE @ggeography;SET @g=geography::STGeomFromText('POLYGON((-77.06771850585938 38.951715230427865,-77.02432997681406 38.948160584754994,-76.9828502905812 38.937653045021236,-76.9451026723679 38.92065478537935,-76.9127432411761 38.89791304283043,-76.88718752868687 38.87042670339889,-76.86954840734893 38.839401782264645,-76.86058817112617 38.806197895098244,-76.86068673088508 38.77226820264042,-76.86982704518127 38.73909556193817,-76.88759806659334 38.70812773110531,-76.91321469434571 38.68071445460887,-76.94555352248612 38.65804911451844,-76.98320258094053 38.64111738613156,-77.02452279215134 38.63065500239214,-77.06771850585938 38.627116329352994,-77.11091421956739 38.63065500239214,-77.15223443077822 38.64111738613156,-77.18988348923264 38.65804911451844,-77.22222231737304 38.68071445460887,-77.2478389451254 38.70812773110531,-77.26560996653747 38.73909556193817,-77.27475028083367 38.77226820264042,-77.27484884059258 38.806197895098244,-77.26588860436982 38.839401782264645,-77.24824948303187 38.87042670339889,-77.22269377054265 38.89791304283043,-77.19033433935085 38.92065478537935,-77.15258672113755 38.937653045021236,-77.11110703490468 38.948160584754994,-77.06771850585938 38.951715230427865))', 4326);
SELECT @g.STArea();-- Area: 510064605194832
Any thoughts? There is something wrong with that polygon?
Thanks!
Jaime de Aquino