A WGS84 UTM projection that encloses your area of interest could be good. For that you need to look at your lat/lon and see what UTM zone that fits into.
This could help https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-does-term-utm-mean-utm-better-or-more-accurate-latitudelongitude#:~:text=The%20UTM%20system%20consists%20of,Grid%20Reference%20System%20(MGRS) . On Mon, Feb 12, 2024, 18:31 krishna Ayyala <[email protected]> wrote: > Chris, > Thanks for the reply. By rectangular coordinate system, can you mention > which specific rectangular coordinate system? > > Regards. > > On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 5:52 PM chris hermansen <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Epsg 4326 is lat long. Make your buffers in a rectangular coordinate >> system. >> >> On Mon, Feb 12, 2024, 16:29 krishna Ayyala via QGIS-User < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> I have a point shape file with the projection as shown below. I have >>> created a buffer of 16km using this point shapefile. When I measure it >>> vertically, it reads as 32km. But when I measure it horizontally, it reads >>> as 26km only. I have reprojected the buffer to the projected coordinate >>> system. Despite of this, I am getting the same values. What should I do >>> such that I can read 32kms both horizontally and vertically? >>> Regards. >>> >>> [image: image.png] >>> >>> [image: image.png] >>> _______________________________________________ >>> QGIS-User mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >>> >>
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