Hi Markus, On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:32:16 +0700 Markus Nater <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi List > > I have some polygons in qgis with wgs84 projection. But when I try to > measure distance in meters, it gives me back 1cm for 0.1 degrees, which > is of course totally wrong. > how can I fix this, so I will have the correct measurements in meters? you have to define: a) settings => project properties => general => layer units (select meters) b) settings => options => map tools => ellipsoid for distance calculation to fit the ellipsoid used in your CRS. > cheers > markus Regards, Otto _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
