Using QGIS, if I load a polygon layer and make a new column, how do I fill that column with the:
- area of each polygon and another column with
- length of the perimeter of each polygon?
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1so, I have changed and saved the shapefile in the projection UTM to get meter squared area but i am still get a low decimal value for the area. For example, a polygon that is 102 km2 is showing up in the attribute table at 0.0102. I have used both methods fTools and the calculator in the attribute table. What am I doing wrong? Thanks – user21644 Sep 2 '13 at 22:03
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I was also seeing absurdly low numbers, but I think it was because I had the wrong CRS. I clicked the icon in the bottom right and changed the CRS and the numbers started to look better after that. – Brian Z Sep 20 '13 at 5:11
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similar question: gis.stackexchange.com/q/23355/4630 – Tomas Oct 27 '14 at 10:54
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In Qgis 2.19, there is no Geometry tools in Vector menu.. Do I have to download it? Thanks for you answer – Thibault Jun 21 '17 at 17:55
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If you have a question similar to this one, create a new question. This is for answers to the original question. – Mattropolis Jun 21 '17 at 18:06
Open field calculator, select the new column and type the following expression
- For area: $area
- For perimeter: $perimeter
Make sure your layer is in a projected coordinate system (not lat/long ) and in correct units. ( i.e. if your layer's projection has 'meters' as units, your area will be square meters ) Note that reprojecting layers on-the-fly does not change the units for area/perimeter calculation, so you have to first reproject using Save as ... with the correct target CRS.
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2Many actually, you'll see them in the field calculator. in QGIS 1.8, it's nicely organized under 'function list' in field calculator – spatialthoughts Jul 24 '12 at 5:49
You also can use fTools: Vector menu -> Geometry Tools -> Export/Add geometry columns
It updates your layer automatically by adding AREA and PERIMETER columns.
