[Qgis-user] buffer

[Lene Fischer]

Hi Daniel,
If you use long/lat  WGS84 you get a buffer measured in degrees and not meter.
Long /Lat are not the same "size" - so you get an ellipse not a circle.

For getting a buffer in the right size and shape. Save the layer as UTM.

Regards
Lene Fischer
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Sent: 23 November 2013 21:38
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Subject: [Qgis-user] buffer

hello!!  i´m trying to create a 50 meter buffer around two points, 50 meters each in a shape file and the created buffer is the size of portugal... i think the units are well configured but can´t seem to figure out how to get it right.... i'm using dufor 2.0.1

any help is more then welcome

thanks :)


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