<div dir="ltr" gmail_original="1">Yes, thanks Andrea. The scaling factor is the square root of Y/X.<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">---<div>Ujaval Gandhi</div><div>Spatial Thoughts</div><div><a href="https://mailtrack.io/l/75c7a0eec4fbbbad31e850fd34dcd288da9eb9d3?w=cWdpcy11c2VyQGxpc3RzLm9zZ2VvLm9yZw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spatialthoughts.com&u=8747767&signature=a321f1b8575aaafb" target="_blank">www.spatialthoughts.com</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><img width="0" height="0" class="mailtrack-img" alt="" style="display:flex" src="https://mailtrack.io/trace/mail/w/cWdpcy11c2VyQGxpc3RzLm9zZ2VvLm9yZw/10328384d3143e0a46574b05d2ce149a8af3a907.png?u=8747767" ><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 9:43 PM Andrea Giudiceandrea via QGIS-User <qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org> 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;">> Ujaval Gandhi ujaval at <a href="http://spatialthoughts.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">spatialthoughts.com</a><br>
> Tue Aug 27 07:28:22 PDT 2024<br>
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> If you 'Identify' the polygon, it will display the polygon Area in square meters<br>
> under the 'Derived' section. Let's call this X. If your desired area is Y,<br>
> the scaling factor is Y/X. Use this scaling factor and scale it using the<br>
> 'Scale' tool in the Advanced Digitizing toolbar.<br>
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Hi all,<br>
AFAIK the correct scaling factor to use is not Y/X, but the square root <br>
of Y/X instead.<br>
<br>
Regards.<br>
<br>
Andrea<br>
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