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commit 0d0461b431256ee0f949bcfd0064acea18deab84
Author: Paul Ramsey <pramsey at cleverelephant.ca>
Date:   Fri Mar 8 11:03:15 2024 -0800

    Calculate sphere area using the spheroid code, but with a spherical initialization. References #5671

diff --git a/postgis/geography_measurement.c b/postgis/geography_measurement.c
index dc8bde060..8419d7aa7 100644
--- a/postgis/geography_measurement.c
+++ b/postgis/geography_measurement.c
@@ -538,11 +538,8 @@ Datum geography_area(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	if ( ! use_spheroid )
 		s.a = s.b = s.radius;
 
-	/* Calculate the area */
-	if ( use_spheroid )
-		area = lwgeom_area_spheroid(lwgeom, &s);
-	else
-		area = lwgeom_area_sphere(lwgeom, &s);
+	/* Calculate the area, using the given spheroid. */
+	area = lwgeom_area_spheroid(lwgeom, &s);
 
 	/* Clean up */
 	lwgeom_free(lwgeom);

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Summary of changes:
 postgis/geography_measurement.c | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)


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