[Qgis-user] wg84 projection problem

[Alex Mandel]

Markus Nater wrote:
> Hi List
> 
> I have some polygons in qgis with wgs84 projection. But when I try to
> measure distance in meters, it gives me back 1cm for 0.1 degrees, which
> is of course totally wrong.
> how can I fix this, so I will have the correct measurements in meters?
> 
> cheers
> markus
> 

Enable projection on the fly, and pick a projected coordinate system.
Technically in WGS84 the best you could get is great circle distances,
and I'm not sure the measure tool does this yet. So you need to be in a
projection that flattens the map evenly for distance measurement.

Alex