function creative_regions:is_areas_mod(area_id)
	area_id = tostring(area_id)
	local is_areas_id = string.sub(id, 1, 2) == "a"
	local a_id = tonumber( string.sub(id, 2) )
	return is_areas_id, a_id
end

function creative_regions:get_areas_area_size(areas_area)
	local pos1 = areas_area.pos1
	local pos2 = areas_area.pos2
	local x = math.abs( pos2.x - pos1.x )
	local z = math.abs( pos2.z - pos1.x )
	return x*z
end

-- areas mod hud
if minetest.get_modpath("areas") then
	local function areas_hud_handler(pos, areas)
		local current_regions = creative_regions.astore:get_areas_for_pos(pos, false, true)
		for astore_id, astore_area in pairs( current_regions ) do
			if astore_id then
				table.insert(areas, {
					id = "region:"..astore_id,
					name = astore_area.data,
					--owner = "",
				})
			end
		end
	end

	areas:registerHudHandler(areas_hud_handler)
end