[Qgis-user] South Africa/Lesotho Projections in QGIS

[Claire McIntyre]

Hello,
I am creating data for Lesotho for a volunteer project.
I am currently using OSM as a basemap which has a EPSG of 3857. I am creating new features stored in shapefile.I want to calculate area of polygons using the field calculator.
When I use this projection & calculate area it is incorrect. I presume it is in decimal degrees.
Is there a way to calculate metres/kilometres squared. I presume I need to change from a geographic coordinate system to a projected coordinate system.Ideally this would be Hartebeesthoek94/L027, but i cannot see any of the South African LO systems available to me.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thanks,Claire


 		 	   		  
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