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QGis different results between $length and measureing in the map
I use QGIS Lisboa and need the lenght of some shapefiles. When I use the field calculator the results are always around 30 % higher than in real, also than a measuring in the map.
Does anybody have a ...
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Can the units of the measure tool in QGIS be changed?
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I'm trying to do some error-checking with some rasters I'm creating, and want to measure line distances on the map in feet, rather than meters - which is what the measure line tool seems to be ...
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Find closest point from origin in QGIS and display measure line in composer
I have a location point. there are several constraints areas surrounding the point. Is there a way to calculate the closest point of this constraint from my point and to display the distances as a ...
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Detect connections along shapefile in QGIS?
I have a set of polylines and a set of points that lie along or very near to the polylines, and I need a way to measure which points are connected to each other along the polylines, and what the ...
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Measurement not correct in QGIS 1.8
I have a SHP file of sub-areas of U.S. counties (roughly about the size of a Census tract) that I've reprojected into a 'true distance' projection (World Equidistant Cylindrical) in QGIS 1.8. However, ...
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Measurements in QGIS 1.8.0
I am using qgis version 1.8.0. My project contains tiff and several "shape" layers. The CRS is WGS 84 (EPSG:4326). I am attempting to measure the areas of the layer polygons. However if I click on the ...
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How to measure without coordinates?
My current Project is to "map" a turntable in qgis. I know, very unlikely but that's what my teacher wants.
My teacher also wants me to measure something in this project (Very specific, isn't it?). ...
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Does anyone know how to get the QGIS Web Client measure tool to show units in feet and miles?
Does anyone know how to change the QGIS Web Client measure tool (distance and area) so that it shows feet or miles rather than meters?
