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I'm trying to figure out how to calculate the lat/long of points using the QGIS field calculator. Is there an easy way to do this? I saw a previous related question, but it deals with a more advanced approach.

In ArcGIS this is similar to the Calculate Geometry function; I just can't find where do this in QGIS.

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Sure can. First, save the layer as WGS84 and import it again. Then in the field calculator you can use $x or $y as a variable to get the x and y.

x and y

NOTE: This was added in 1.7.

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Wonderful! How did you know that $x returns this value? – djq Mar 14 '11 at 6:16
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Looked in the code for the field calculator :) The wonders of open source. – Nathan W Mar 14 '11 at 6:22
This isn't documented anywhere outside the code yet because it has been added only last week. – underdark♦ Mar 14 '11 at 7:41
and that too... – Nathan W Mar 14 '11 at 9:44
@NathanW Is it really enough to just enable on-the-fly reprojection? I tested and it only worked after reprojection using "Save as ...". – underdark♦ Mar 13 at 7:18

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