[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #1433: measurements and scale broken in latlon

[Quantum GIS]

#1433: measurements and scale broken in latlon
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        Reporter:  msieczka                                   |         Owner:  nobody       
            Type:  bug                                        |        Status:  new          
        Priority:  critical: causes crash or data corruption  |     Milestone:  Version 1.0.2
       Component:  Projection Support                         |       Version:  HEAD         
      Resolution:                                             |      Keywords:               
Platform_version:                                             |      Platform:  All          
        Must_fix:  Yes                                        |   Status_info:  0            
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Changes (by msieczka):

  * priority:  major: does not work as expected => critical: causes crash
               or data corruption

Comment:

 For an example polygon from
 http://www.countyofsb.org/itd/gis/default.aspx?id=2802:

 {{{
 degrees: 14,848,044.089 sq.deg.
 feet:    0.533 sq mile
 meters:  14.848 km2
 }}}

 The feet and meters results are not coherent, because 1 sq mile is
 actually about 2.59 km2 AFAIK. And the degree result is a complete
 nonsense.

 This IS data corruption. QGIS returns bogus values.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/1433#comment:4>
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