[Qgis-user] Field Calculator calculates negative area

[Ziegler Stefan]

It seems that this is a limitation for integer. You can set higher digit values for reals.

Stefan 

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> Gesendet: Montag, 25. März 2013 16:32
> An: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
> Betreff: Re: [Qgis-user] Field Calculator calculates negative area
> 
> Hi Stefan
> 
> You're right - I had not noticed the 10 digit limit.
> 
> But since you can not set it higher I had to calculate area as square kilometers instead
> and got the right number.
> 
> Perhaps Qgis should give some kind of warning - it was only because of the negative
> number I noticed it, had it been positive I might not have noticed...
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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