Project: QGIS

Version: 2.14.0

Feature: Unified handling of distance and area units and coordinate formats

In QGIS 2.14 the handling of various options regarding distance units, area units and coordinate display have been unified, simplified, and moved to Project Properties. This change brings numerous benefits, including:

  • The coordinate format specified in Project Properties is consistently used whenever a coordinate is displayed to the user, including the identify tool results and the status bar display.
  • The setting for distance and area units in Project Properties is respected for all distance and area calculations, including the measure tool, identify results, and use of the $area, $length and $perimeter functions.
  • Additional areal units have been added, including square yards, acres, hectares and more.
  • Additional angular units have been added to the angle measurement tool, including rotations, minutes of arc and seconds of arc.
  • It's now possible to show the coordinates in latitude and longitude in the status bar even when using a projected CRS.

This feature was funded by QGIS sponsored bug fixing program

This feature was developed by Nyall Dawson