[Qgis-user] Buffer distance doubt

Yasser Said Lopez de Olmos Reyes biolyasser at gmail.com
Mon Mar 31 09:12:49 PDT 2014


Yes. Probably you're working with geographic coordinates (longlat) and
you're getting a buffer of 1 grade, it makes sense depending on your
latitude.


2014-03-27 3:32 GMT-06:00 Zoltan Szecsei <zoltans at geograph.co.za>:

>  errr.. never worked with QGIS buffers, and you haven't given much info,
> but:
>
> Is your coord system LatLong?
> Depending on your latitude, 1 degree can be about 100km
>
> HTH,
> Zoltan
>
>
> On 2014/03/27 11:23, Luis Miguel Royo PĂ©rez wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I've got a doubt about buffer in the field "Distance"... why are multiple
> of 100km?
>
> I mean, if I insert *1*, the buffer is about *100*km, and so on.
>
> Anyone can resolve my doubt?
>
>
> Thank you!!!
>
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Saludos,

Yasser
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