[Gvsig_english] measuring (scaling) of distances e.g.

[Klaus Schaefer EH TZA]

Hi folks,

can someone explain me how measurement (scaling) of distances, areas e.g. works? I've tried it a lot of times and I've read several instructions, documents and help files, but actually never succeeded - at least not in the scale I wanted. A step by step approach appreciated...

My scenario is a waterscheme. I'd like to measure pipe line lengths. I've set every property in the project and settings to "meter", "meter" also appears in the bottom status bar of gvSIG. But when I do measurements the results always show up like 0.01 for 1km. What steps do I need to do to get more precise "meter" results?

I'm working with gvSIG version 1.10.

Thanks very much!

Klaus Schaefer
Advisor Regional Administrative Secretariat, Water Sector

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