[Qgis-user] Which settings for mesuring tool?

[Raymond Nijssen]

Hi Joris,

The (Spherical) Mercator projection has huge disturbances in size the 
further you get from the equator. Try usiing the national projection for 
Portugal?

Good luck,
Raymond


On 17-05-15 21:41, Joris Hintjens wrote:
> Hello
> I have 2 point  in Portugal
> my project CRS is pseudo Mercator (EPSG 3857)
> When I create a buffer of 30 km around my points layer cars is also EPSG 3857), I get Two nice circles (layer also CRS 3857). When i measure the circles, they are 45 km in diameter. What can be wrong?
>
> What settings shouldI in general use for the measuring tool?
>
> thanks for your comments
> Joris
>
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