[QGIS-trac] [Quantum GIS] #2160: "on the fly" reprojection distorts calculated polygon area

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#2160: "on the fly" reprojection distorts calculated polygon area
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   Reporter:  belg4mit                          |              Owner:  nobody       
       Type:  bug                               |             Status:  new          
   Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |          Milestone:  Version 1.4.0
  Component:  Projection Support                |            Version:  1.0.2        
   Keywords:                                    |   Platform_version:               
   Platform:  Windows                           |           Must_fix:  No           
Status_info:  0                                 |  
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 Even though the queried layer and project projections were the same (EPGS
 2894),
 QGIS consistently reported a calculated area that was 1/10th of the actual
 area
 if automatic reprojection was enabled (so that other layers were drawn
 correctly).

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2160>
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