[Qgis-user] Distance measurement from Center - Buffer

[chris hermansen]

A WGS84 UTM projection that encloses your area of interest could be good.

For that you need to look at your lat/lon and see what UTM zone that fits
into.

This could help

https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-does-term-utm-mean-utm-better-or-more-accurate-latitudelongitude#:~:text=The%20UTM%20system%20consists%20of,Grid%20Reference%20System%20(MGRS)
.

On Mon, Feb 12, 2024, 18:31 krishna Ayyala <ayyalakrishna at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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>>>
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