[Qgis-user] Distance measurement from Center - Buffer

[krishna Ayyala]

Chris,
Thanks for the reply. By rectangular coordinate system, can you mention
which specific rectangular coordinate system?

Regards.

On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 5:52 PM chris hermansen <clhermansen at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Epsg 4326 is lat long. Make your buffers in a rectangular coordinate
> system.
>
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2024, 16:29 krishna Ayyala via QGIS-User <
> qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I have a point shape file with the projection as shown below. I have
>> created a buffer of 16km using this point shapefile. When I measure it
>> vertically, it reads as 32km. But when I measure it horizontally, it reads
>> as 26km only. I have reprojected the buffer to the projected coordinate
>> system. Despite of this, I am getting the same values. What should I do
>> such that I can read 32kms both horizontally and vertically?
>> Regards.
>>
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