[Qgis-user] Problem with geometry functions ($area, xmax)

[Fuenfer-Koenigstein.Benjamin at swm.de]

Dear List Members,

I have a problem with labeling polygon-features using expressions. I want to create different label-classes depending on the area of the geometries (cities, villages, etc.). In most cases, this works quite well but in some cases I get weird effects as some labels disappear on certain scale-levels or get placed on parts of the geometries that don't really make sense.

Looking for a reason for that behavior, I found out that geometry-functions deliver very different values depending on the current scale level. For getting some examples, I labeled one feature with the following expression:

'xmax: ' + to_string(format_number(x_max($geometry), 0)) +' m; ' + 'area: '+ to_string(format_number(to_real($area),0)) + ' m2'

results:
On scale 1:50,000: 'xmax: 4,479,481 m; area: 232,526,142 m2'
On scale 1:100,000: 'xmax: 4,479,481 m; area: 5,343,813 m2'
On scale 1:800,000: 'xmax: 4,479,431 m; area: 4,885,325 m2'

I can send screenshots if needed.

With 'identify features' tool, I get an area of 232,528,728 square meters, which suggests that $area at scale 1:50,000 is almost correct.

General info: I'm working with QGIS 2.14, geometries come from a PostGIS-server, geometries and project use CRS DHDN / Gauss-Kruger zone 4 (EPSG:31468), the features I want to label are multipart polygons (I get the same effects using non-multipart features).

Does anyone have an idea if I may have missed some settings that cause the mentioned effects? Or may it be a bug in the geometry functions?

Thanks a lot for any help!

Best regards

Benjamin Fünfer-Königstein
S-IP-AN-TG Techn. Geschäftsfelder


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