What is the unit of the area when geometry attributes are calculated in QGIS?
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My CRS is WGS 84. I intersected two files containing polygons. Each file has an attribute table stating the area of each of the polygons (in m2). After intersecting them I navigate to: Vector >> Geometry Tools >> Add Geometry Attributes. The area of the new polygons are calculated but they are orders of magnitude different to the original polygons. For instance, when comparing a new (smaller) polygon to the original (larger) polygon (which are only slightly different), the new area is calculated as 28.08 and the original is 243,943,129,649 m2
There is no way that these can be the same units. How can i find out the units of the new polygons?
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My CRS is WGS 84. I intersected two files containing polygons. Each file has an attribute table stating the area of each of the polygons (in m2). After intersecting them I navigate to: Vector >> Geometry Tools >> Add Geometry Attributes. The area of the new polygons are calculated but they are orders of magnitude different to the original polygons. For instance, when comparing a new (smaller) polygon to the original (larger) polygon (which are only slightly different), the new area is calculated as 28.08 and the original is 243,943,129,649 m2
There is no way that these can be the same units. How can i find out the units of the new polygons?
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My CRS is WGS 84. I intersected two files containing polygons. Each file has an attribute table stating the area of each of the polygons (in m2). After intersecting them I navigate to: Vector >> Geometry Tools >> Add Geometry Attributes. The area of the new polygons are calculated but they are orders of magnitude different to the original polygons. For instance, when comparing a new (smaller) polygon to the original (larger) polygon (which are only slightly different), the new area is calculated as 28.08 and the original is 243,943,129,649 m2
There is no way that these can be the same units. How can i find out the units of the new polygons?
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My CRS is WGS 84. I intersected two files containing polygons. Each file has an attribute table stating the area of each of the polygons (in m2). After intersecting them I navigate to: Vector >> Geometry Tools >> Add Geometry Attributes. The area of the new polygons are calculated but they are orders of magnitude different to the original polygons. For instance, when comparing a new (smaller) polygon to the original (larger) polygon (which are only slightly different), the new area is calculated as 28.08 and the original is 243,943,129,649 m2
There is no way that these can be the same units. How can i find out the units of the new polygons?
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Geometry calculations and operations (area, length, buffer) are done based on the CRS of the layer. So, if your layer is in WGS84, your area is measured in square-degree. Not really useful.
Either save your layer using any projected CRS, or you run something like area(transform($geometry,'current EPSG','projected EPSG')).
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You are using latitude and longitude as coordinates which is not a projected coordinates system, and thus the units are degrees. Measuring areas or distances using these units will result in completely false values, since you expect them to be in meters.
You should reproject your polygons in a different CRS that uses meters as units, and then measure the areas.
If you are still willing to use WGS84 as CRS you can refer to this answer on GIS SE How can I measure area from geographic coordinates?
answered 39 mins ago
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Geometry calculations and operations (area, length, buffer) are done based on the CRS of the layer. So, if your layer is in WGS84, your area is measured in square-degree. Not really useful.
Either save your layer using any projected CRS, or you run something like area(transform($geometry,'current EPSG','projected EPSG')).
answered 44 mins ago
ErikErik
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Geometry calculations and operations (area, length, buffer) are done based on the CRS of the layer. So, if your layer is in WGS84, your area is measured in square-degree. Not really useful.
Either save your layer using any projected CRS, or you run something like area(transform($geometry,'current EPSG','projected EPSG')).
answered 44 mins ago
ErikErik
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Geometry calculations and operations (area, length, buffer) are done based on the CRS of the layer. So, if your layer is in WGS84, your area is measured in square-degree. Not really useful.
Either save your layer using any projected CRS, or you run something like area(transform($geometry,'current EPSG','projected EPSG')).
answered 44 mins ago
ErikErik
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Geometry calculations and operations (area, length, buffer) are done based on the CRS of the layer. So, if your layer is in WGS84, your area is measured in square-degree. Not really useful.
Either save your layer using any projected CRS, or you run something like area(transform($geometry,'current EPSG','projected EPSG')).
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You are using latitude and longitude as coordinates which is not a projected coordinates system, and thus the units are degrees. Measuring areas or distances using these units will result in completely false values, since you expect them to be in meters.
You should reproject your polygons in a different CRS that uses meters as units, and then measure the areas.
If you are still willing to use WGS84 as CRS you can refer to this answer on GIS SE How can I measure area from geographic coordinates?
answered 39 mins ago
Hicham ZouarhiHicham Zouarhi
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You are using latitude and longitude as coordinates which is not a projected coordinates system, and thus the units are degrees. Measuring areas or distances using these units will result in completely false values, since you expect them to be in meters.
You should reproject your polygons in a different CRS that uses meters as units, and then measure the areas.
If you are still willing to use WGS84 as CRS you can refer to this answer on GIS SE How can I measure area from geographic coordinates?
answered 39 mins ago
Hicham ZouarhiHicham Zouarhi
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You are using latitude and longitude as coordinates which is not a projected coordinates system, and thus the units are degrees. Measuring areas or distances using these units will result in completely false values, since you expect them to be in meters.
You should reproject your polygons in a different CRS that uses meters as units, and then measure the areas.
If you are still willing to use WGS84 as CRS you can refer to this answer on GIS SE How can I measure area from geographic coordinates?
answered 39 mins ago
Hicham ZouarhiHicham Zouarhi
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You are using latitude and longitude as coordinates which is not a projected coordinates system, and thus the units are degrees. Measuring areas or distances using these units will result in completely false values, since you expect them to be in meters.
You should reproject your polygons in a different CRS that uses meters as units, and then measure the areas.
If you are still willing to use WGS84 as CRS you can refer to this answer on GIS SE How can I measure area from geographic coordinates?
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