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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi there John,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Here is a good explanation to this common question. Check these out and the get back to us if you still have an issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><a href="https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/347249/using-area-or-area-function-in-qgis-when-the-data-polygon-is-stored-in-utm">https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/347249/using-area-or-area-function-in-qgis-when-the-data-polygon-is-stored-in-utm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Cheers - Phil<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Qgis-user <qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>johnparrottca@gmail.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 8 January 2021 7:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Qgis-user] Q calculates Area incorrectly<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060'>A colleague digitised a number of polygons on my laptop 3 years ago.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060'>I</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060'>just</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060'>loaded these on my desktop and used Q</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060'>(3.16.2)</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060'>to calculate areas, but they</span><span lang=EN-GB> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#002060'>report incorrectly.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>