Hugh THANK YOU so much!! You were correct about the distortion. When I checked the length of sides with the measure tool (which I didn't do before) it was a square
I also switched the coordinate system which also helped THANK YOU again!! Mike ************************************* Michael Jabot, Ph.D. SUNY Distinguished Professor, Science Education US Partner - *NASA GLOBE Program* *NASA Earth Ambassador*Director, *Institute for Research in Science Teaching* *Chancellor's Award Recipient for Excellence in Research*The State University of New York at Fredonia 716.320-0189 (Google Voice) ja...@fredonia.edu E250 Thompson Hall 280 Central Avenue Fredonia, NY 14063 ************************************* On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 2:58 PM Hugh Kelley <hghk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oops, including the list. > > Also, having now written the response and re-read your question, I would > guess that the coordinate system you are using is causing the distortion > you see in the result. > > I'd be curious to see what others on the list might suggest as the best > option for crs as I think even state plane would be distorted at least a > little. > > ---‐-------------------------------------- > > Hi, not in front of my computer so I can't test but I would recommend > first, creating a round buffer with a diameter equal to the square side you > are looking for, and then second, using the "extent" tool that's in one of > the vector tools subcategories to extract the layer extent, creating the > square you need. > > That should create a "square" although, importantly, the idea of a square > in the gis world is a little fraught as the coordinate system you are using > can sometimes produce odd results. > > I would, at a minimum, use the measure tool to double check that what > looks like a square truly has a height equal to its width. > > On Sat, Sep 30, 2023, 2:39 PM Michael Jabot via QGIS-User < > qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: > >> I apologize for posting what I think should be a simple task but I am >> stumped. >> >> I would like to create a 15 km square Buffer around a point for >> establishing a study site. >> >> I have used the buffer tool and set it to square and used 7.5 km as the >> distance. The buffer that is created is not square but instead is a longer >> on one set of sides. >> >> Again I apologize for bothering people with this ... thank you in advance >> for your help >> >> Mike >> >> >> ************************************* >> >> Michael Jabot, Ph.D. >> SUNY Distinguished Professor, Science Education >> >> US Partner - NASA GLOBE Program >> >> NASA Earth Ambassador >> Director, Institute for Research in Science Teaching >> >> Chancellor's Award Recipient for Excellence in Research >> The State University of New York at Fredonia >> >> >> 716.320-0189 (Google Voice) >> >> ja...@fredonia.edu >> >> E250 Thompson Hall >> 280 Central Avenue >> >> Fredonia, NY 14063 >> ************************************* >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> QGIS-User mailing list >> QGIS-User@lists.osgeo.org >> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >> >
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