<div dir="ltr">Hugh<div><br></div><div>THANK YOU so much!! You were correct about the distortion. When I checked the length of sides with the measure tool (which I didn't do before) it was a square</div><div><br></div><div>I also switched the coordinate system which also helped</div><div><br></div><div>THANK YOU again!!</div><div><br></div><div>Mike<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>*************************************</div><div>Michael Jabot, Ph.D.<br>SUNY Distinguished Professor, Science Education</div><div>US Partner - <i>NASA GLOBE Program</i></div><div><i>NASA Earth Ambassador<br></i>Director, <i>Institute for Research in Science Teaching</i></div><div><i>Chancellor's Award Recipient for Excellence in Research<br></i>The State University of New York at Fredonia<br><br></div><div><img src="http://home.fredonia.edu/sites/default/files/logos/Logo_Stacked_Email-Signature.png"><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">716.320-0189 (Google Voice)</span></div><div><a href="mailto:jabot@fredonia.edu" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">jabot@fredonia.edu</a></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">E250 Thompson Hall</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">280 Central Avenue</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Fredonia, NY 14063</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">*************************************</span><br></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yv42q79DMEMmvw8PT7xOl8G26FqgUyJN7WGnugVjjvozAPTxRpFAL2cSRwmGNr8TmtHUWm828"><br></span></div><div> </div><div><i><b><font size="2" face="tahoma, sans-serif"> </font><font size="4" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> </font></b></i> <br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 2:58 PM Hugh Kelley <<a href="mailto:hghklly@gmail.com">hghklly@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Oops, including the list.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Also, having now written the response and re-read your question, I would guess that the coordinate system you are using is causing the distortion you see in the result. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I'd be curious to see what others on the list might suggest as the best option for crs as I think even state plane would be distorted at least a little. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">---‐--------------------------------------<br><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Hi, not in front of my computer so I can't test but I would recommend first, creating a round buffer with a diameter equal to the square side you are looking for, and then second, using the "extent" tool that's in one of the vector tools subcategories to extract the layer extent, creating the square you need. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">That should create a "square" although, importantly, the idea of a square in the gis world is a little fraught as the coordinate system you are using can sometimes produce odd results. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I would, at a minimum, use the measure tool to double check that what looks like a square truly has a height equal to its width. </div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Sep 30, 2023, 2:39 PM Michael Jabot via QGIS-User <<a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I apologize for posting what I think should be a simple task but I am stumped.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I would like to create a 15 km square Buffer around a point for establishing a study site.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have used the buffer tool and set it to square and used 7.5 km as the distance. The buffer that is created is not square but instead is a longer on one set of sides.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Again I apologize for bothering people with this ... thank you in advance for your help</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Mike<br><br><div dir="auto"><br>*************************************<br><br>Michael Jabot, Ph.D.<br>SUNY Distinguished Professor, Science Education<br><br>US Partner - NASA GLOBE Program<br><br>NASA Earth Ambassador<br>Director, Institute for Research in Science Teaching<br><br>Chancellor's Award Recipient for Excellence in Research<br>The State University of New York at Fredonia<br><br><br>716.320-0189 (Google Voice)<br><br><a href="mailto:jabot@fredonia.edu" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">jabot@fredonia.edu</a><br><br>E250 Thompson Hall<br>280 Central Avenue<br><br>Fredonia, NY 14063<br>*************************************<br><br> </div></div></div>
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