[Qgis-user] Query re: Area measures

[Andre Joost]

Am 13.09.2013 18:13, schrieb Wenban-Smith:
> I have tried
> converting the CRS from Arc 1960 to one the UTM ones but this did not
> help.
>

You have probably used 'Set CRS for layer', but this is not a real 
conversion. Change it back to Arc 1960, and try 'Save As ...' and select 
the UTM CRS for the new file, and add that file to the canvas.

HTH,
André Joost