[ELI5] How do people measure of area of cities/countries, or irregular shapes in general?

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[ELI5] How do people measure of area of cities/countries, or irregular shapes in general?

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With the use the simplest possible two dimensional shape which is triangle. You start measuring areas by calculating distances of your triangle corners (calculating it’s area) and slowly you cover the area that you want to measure.