# Taking a geoshape

**URL:** <https://forum.getodk.org/t/taking-a-geoshape/29647>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 2, 2020, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/taking-a-geoshape/29647 "2020-09-02T09:16:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kyautinuhukazi](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/76d3ee/32.png) [@kyautinuhukazi](https://forum.getodk.org/u/kyautinuhukazi)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/taking-a-geoshape/29647/1 "2020-09-02T09:16:54Z")

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**1. What is the problem? Be very detailed.**

**2. What app or server are you using and on what device and operating system? Include version numbers.**

**3. What you have you tried to fix the problem?**

**4. What steps can we take to reproduce the problem?**

**5. Anything else we should know or have? If you have a test form or screenshots or logs, attach below.**

 ![Screenshot_20200902-093221](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c43432a9bdfec88907cebfa4931eda1694bdab46.png)

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**Author:** ![Grzesiek2010](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/grzesiek2010/32/2881_2.png) [@Grzesiek2010](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Grzesiek2010)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2020, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/taking-a-geoshape/29647/2 "2020-09-02T09:17:59Z")

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Hi @kyautinuhukazi  
welcome to the forum! Please [introduce yourself here!](https://forum.getodk.org/t/introduce-yourself-here/6671)

Please answer the questions above to let us know what the problem is.

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**Author:** ![Xiphware](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/xiphware/32/2587_2.png) [@Xiphware](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Xiphware)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/taking-a-geoshape/29647/3 "2020-09-03T20:31:48Z")

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FYI, it looks like your geoshape consists of a perimeter containing 5 locations (the last is always the same as the first in a geoshape) but they're all the same point (!?). Hence 0 area. This suggests a data acquisition problem when you were capturing your region of interest.