Monday, 14 December 2015

coordinate system - Understanding why buffers not circular in QGIS?


I would like to select areas under a particular circular radius in QGIS. I believe this is accomplished with the buffer tool, but when I specify the radius the area is not circular.



How to make them circular?



Answer



If you buffer a point, the result will be a circle only as long as you don't re-project the layer.


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I guess you have on-thy-fly re-projection enabled. Try turning it off.


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