how to calculate the area of polygon?

Namba Takaya <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gis.gmt.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Dear sir

Could you tell me how to calculate the area of polygon(hour points) like
1.   5:00E  55:00S 2.   6:00E  55:00S3.   6:00E  56:00S4.   5:00E  56:00S
regards,
takaya
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