Hi,
Thank you all for the comments.
As far as I can see from my tests, the behavior is not related with the
CRS in use. I've used more than one meter based projection to make sure
the areas were fine. I use the advanced digitizing tools to create
segments with the exact distance. Using projected CRS, the layouts are
always fine.
The problem is related to the map area calculated for a giving scale, in
the composer, when a lat/long coordinate system is in use.
If I make a very simple calculation of the area to render at a giving
scale, my calculations work fine.
The width does not depend on the latitude, and should be:
layout_width_mm * scale / 1000.0
The height depends on the latitude. To compute it, I use the cosine of
the latitude:
cosine = cos( center_latitude * PI / 180 );
layout_height_mm * scale / 1000.0 / cosine;
Based on this simple math, after converting these distances to lat/log,
I can compute the "correct" ( ie expected) extend of the map in the
layout. If I setup this extent manually, it works fine.
But the extent calculated by QGIS is different. I'll have to check the
code to see why the logic if different from this one. Probably I am
simplifying the calculations too much.
I'll return back after reading the code.
Regards,
Jorge Gustavo
On 06/04/22 15:10, Greg Troxel via Qgis-user wrote:
Patrick Dunford via Qgis-user <qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org> writes:
On 6/04/22 11:34, Greg Troxel via Qgis-user wrote:
Jorge Gustavo Rocha via Qgis-user <qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org> writes:
2) Using a geographic CRS, the same 150mm x 150mm map, at the same
1:10000 scale, the area is bigger then the 1500m polygon. The result
is attached https://nextcloud.geomaster.pt/index.php/s/H2eAytsPANyxn6Y
On both layouts the scale bar widget is working properly. The
distances (and areas) are properly calculated in QGIS interface. I
have set the GRS 1980 ellipsoid for distance and area calculations.
What does it mean to use a geographic CRS for a print layout? Do you
really expect longitude on the x axis and latitude on the y axis? The
value of meters/degree is different for x and y, unless you are at or
near the equator. (Living at 42N-ish, I'm very aware of this.)
This may be the case for projections like EPSG:3857 that are based on
a spherical projection of the Earth but is it the case for all
projections?
By "geographic CRS", I interpet that to mean one that is latitude and
longitude. That is not really a "projection".
Yes, EPSG:3857 has an incorrect spherical assumption, and I'd have to
calculate, but I would not expect massive scale distortion, where
massive is casually visually apparent.
Perhaps Jorge can be precise about which CRS codes are in use.
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