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There are small differences between length measurements done by qgis and postgis or geod.
For example, I have a line with 2 vertices. I use Identify Features tool or Measure Line tool, results are the same.
When I query postgis with st_length or use geod, results slightly differ. Postgis and geod results are consistent.
Reference systems in both cases are the same. QGIS version is 1.7.4.
What the difference comes from?

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Could you provide an example and quantify how much "slightly" really means? – whuber Jun 4 '12 at 14:53

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