[QGIS-Developer] Length measurement weirdness (again)

Paolo Cavallini cavallini at faunalia.it
Thu May 3 06:45:53 PDT 2018


Il 03/05/2018 15:26, Paolo Cavallini ha scritto:
> Hi all,
> the measurements of a EPSG:4326 line appear correct in any SRS, both
> with the interactive info tool and writing on the table the value of
> $length, *if* the OTF reprojection is active (including 4326).
> If it is not, the result is grossly overestimated (298 m instead of 228,
> etc.).
> Am I missing something, or this is a serious bug?
> I attach a tiny sample showing the effect.

Forgot to tell: 2.18.19 (rather obviously, in qgis3 OTF is always on).
Thanks for confirmation and comments.
All the best.
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