[Qgis-user] Wrong area count QGIS 3.20+?

Zoltan zoltans at geograph.co.za
Mon Jan 3 06:51:38 PST 2022


Hi Bas,
Please say which version of ArcPro - I might be heading for these type 
of issues in the next few months.

Thanks and regards,
Zoltan

On 2022-01-03 16:46, Sebastian Gutwein wrote:
> Ok to add to the fun I tried the calculations in ArcPro and 
> interestingly if I run it using calculate field with this expression 
> *!shape.geodesicArea at hectares!* I get the QGIS 3.22 value of 31271112 
> but if I run Geoprossessing Add Geometry Attributes I get the QGIS 
> 3.16 value of 31271108.
> image.png
> So if you want them to match I guess you should use the python 
> expression in ArcGIS Pro!
>
> I guess we are back to the old adage of All Measuring is Guessing.
> -Bas
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 8:43 AM Sebastian Gutwein <bas at rdgland.com> wrote:
>
>     Yes that was my read as well except previously it was the Grass
>     method and now it is Geographic Lib method because that is
>     theoretically more accurate and is the same method that is used in
>     Postgis and other places. The switched happened because someone
>     noticed the difference between QGIS’s calculations and Postgis’s
>     calculations. If I am reading the pull requests correctly even
>     Grass has switched to the Geographic Lib method. I’m surprised
>     that ArcGIS Pro uses the same method as the Grass method.
>
>     On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 2:57 AM Sadowski Jarosław
>     <jaroslaw.sadowski at cpk.pl> wrote:
>
>         Sebastian,
>
>         thank you very much for your precise answer and materials sent
>         - I have read them carefully.
>
>         So, as far as I can understand, QGIS has moved in version 3.20
>         to a new way of counting areas (other libraries? GRASS
>         algorithm instead of Geographic lib? I have actually noticed a
>         different nomenclature and definition of EPSG 2180 for some
>         time in new versions…), that will be more accurate?
>
>         I must admit that, for me as a GIS operator, it is surprising
>         and sounds like bad news - so far surfaces have always been
>         the same in various GIS software, whether or not it was
>         open-source or commercial (ArcGIS Pro). So from this moment it
>         will be that I will get different surfaces depending on the
>         software it was calculated? :(
>
>         with kind regards
>         JS
>
>         *_____________________________*
>
>         *Jarosław Sadowski*
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>         Strategii i Planowania, Projektowania i Inżynierii Podprogramu
>         Kolejowego/
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>         Strategy & Planning, Design & Engineering Department/
>         e: jaroslaw.sadowski at cpk.pl
>
>         	
>
>         *From:* Sebastian Gutwein <bas at rdgland.com>
>         *Sent:* Saturday, January 1, 2022 7:13 AM
>         *To:* Sadowski Jarosław <jaroslaw.sadowski at cpk.pl>
>         *Cc:* qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>         *Subject:* Re: [Qgis-user] Wrong area count QGIS 3.20+?
>
>
>         	
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>         There was some discussion on this in the list serve back in
>         January
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>         I tested your polygon, to the best of my limited ability, and
>         the areas were indeed different in QGIS 3.16 and 3.22 as would
>         be expected from that change . However it would be hoped that
>         the area measurement would be more accurate in 3.22.
>
>         On Fri, Dec 31, 2021 at 6:49 AM Sadowski Jarosław
>         <jaroslaw.sadowski at cpk.pl> wrote:
>
>             Dear all,
>
>             I am asking for help with QGIS error/bug or verification
>             of proper usage of basic QGIS functionality “$area”.
>
>             From version 3.20 upwards, it counts areas differently
>             than before (3.18 calculated area is different than 3.20).
>             Up to version 3.18 everything was fine, equal to
>             calculations from ArcGIS Pro (geodesic mode).
>
>             Anyone have an idea where the differences come from?
>             This is example vector Ikona zip PL_2180.zip
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>             you can see the areas (hectares) calculated for different
>             versions of the software.
>
>             with wishes for more success in the new year
>
>             Jarosław Sadowski
>
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