<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>Really dumb question, but does the field you're putting your area in have enough length?</div><div><br></div><div>(I have periodically messed up the length field before and got unexpected results. Also, once or twice I've opened a .dbf up in Libreoffice, and on saving it's helpfully adjusted my field lengths)</div><div><br>-ramon.</div><div><br>On 29/03/2012, at 2:40, "Jake Maier" <<a href="mailto:j.m@jmforestry.com">j.m@jmforestry.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks Lee for your response. It shows 0 sq mile<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I tried to change it to m^2 but that seems not to work. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Lee [mailto:muellerl@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 28, 2012 12:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> Jake Maier<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Qgis-user] measurment of acreage<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">It shows 0 square miles, or 0.15?<br><br>QGIS tends to show area calculations above .01 sq miles as sq miles, with anything less than that in sq ft. But it sounds like the measurement isn't showing up period, correct?<br clear="all"><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>--<br>all the best,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Lee Mueller<br>ISA Certified Arborist<br>Registered Forester #46043<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Jake Maier <<a href="mailto:j.m@jmforestry.com">j.m@jmforestry.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I need some help with measuring using the measure tool<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I have CRS set to UTM zone 19 in meters, but I get sq mile. The property is about 100 acres still the measurement window shows 0 sq miles.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">How can I have the measurement show in m^2 or ft^2?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thanks for any pointer<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Jake <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>_______________________________________________<br>Qgis-user mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user" target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Qgis-user mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>