[QGIS Commit] r15916 - docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide
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Mon Aug 15 09:24:40 EDT 2011
Author: dassau
Date: 2011-08-15 06:24:40 -0700 (Mon, 15 Aug 2011)
New Revision: 15916
Modified:
docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/features_at_a_glance.tex
Log:
small fix
Modified: docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/features_at_a_glance.tex
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--- docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/features_at_a_glance.tex 2011-08-15 10:11:06 UTC (rev 15915)
+++ docs/trunk/english_us/user_guide/features_at_a_glance.tex 2011-08-15 13:24:40 UTC (rev 15916)
@@ -885,8 +885,8 @@
\section{Measuring}\label{sec:measure}\index{measure}
-Measuring works within projected coordinate systems only (e.g., UTM). If
-the loaded map is defined with a geographic coordinate system
+Measuring works within projected coordinate systems (e.g., UTM) and
+unprojected data. If the loaded map is defined with a geographic coordinate system
(latitude/longitude), the results from line or area measurements will be
incorrect. To fix this you need to set an appropriate map coordinate system
(See Section~\ref{label_projections}). All measuring modules also use the
@@ -902,8 +902,8 @@
\index{measure:angles}
\includegraphics[width=0.7cm]{mActionMeasure}
-QGIS is able to measure real and unprojected distances between given
-points according to a defined ellipsoid. To configure this, choose menu option
+QGIS is able to measure real distances between given points according to
+a defined ellipsoid. To configure this, choose menu option
\mainmenuopt{Settings} \arrow \dropmenuopt{Options},
click on the \tab{Map tools} tab and choose the appropriate ellipsoid. There
you can also define a rubberband color and your preferred measurement units
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