---
name: "BIS_fnc_getArea"
type: function
status: ok
groups: ["Geometry", "Map and Markers"]
arma3_since: "1.58"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_getArea
revid: 376280
updated: 2025-09-24T15:31:26Z
---

# BIS_fnc_getArea

*Function · Geometry, Map and Markers · Arma 3 v1.58*

## Description

Extracts area information from trigger, marker, location or array

## Syntax

```sqf
param call BIS_fnc_getArea
```

**Parameters:**

- `param`:
  - [Object](../topics/Object.md) - trigger
  - [String](../topics/String.md) - marker
  - [Location](../topics/Location.md) - location
  - [Array](../topics/Array.md) - array in format [center, distance] or [center, [a, b, angle, rect]] or [center, [a, b, angle, rect, height]]

**Returns:** [Array](../topics/Array.md) - in format [center, a, b, angle, isRectangle, height]

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
private _area = [player, 100] call BIS_fnc_getArea;
```

## See also

[createTrigger](../commands/createTrigger.md) · [createMarker](../commands/createMarker.md) · [setTriggerArea](../commands/setTriggerArea.md) · [setMarkerSize](../commands/setMarkerSize.md) · [triggerArea](../commands/triggerArea.md) · [markerSize](../commands/markerSize.md) · [inArea](../commands/inArea.md) · [inAreaArray](../commands/inAreaArray.md) · [BIS_fnc_inTrigger](../functions/BIS_fnc_inTrigger.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — BIS fnc getArea](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_getArea) (revision 376280).</sub>