QGIS WGS 84 CRS - Incorrect/Large Coordinates

[Ben Cowling]

Hi All,

I have an issue with QGIS where no matter what CRS I am in, my coordinates are always displayed in extremely large numbers, for example - (155838567, -4513529) instead of a normal latitude and longitude. 

I have tried every version of WGS 84 and no matter what map layer I bring in I have the same issue.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers,

Ben

[Andrew Jeffrey]

Hi Ben,

That screenshot you provided has the projects projection (CRS) set to EPSG:3857 which is the Web Mercator projection and will display projected coordinates like you are seeing at the moment, that's normal behaviour and this is probably happening because QGIS is adopting the CRS of the first layer added to the project.

You can override this by clicking on the projects CRS setting on the bottom right of the screen (#1 in my screen shot below),  this will launch the Project Properties - CRS where you can search for a WGS84 EPSG code (#2), and select the one you want to use (#3).

Andrew

[Lisa Hubbard]

Hi Ben,

 

The display coordinates are different to the actual layer CRS.

You can set the display coordinates for the Project in the Project Properties.

Select Project>Properties from the drop down menus.

In the General section there is coordinate display (see screenshot).

Here you can choose the type of display units:

Map Units (meters), decimal degrees, degree/minutes/seconds.

I suspect it is currently set for decimal degrees for you and you will need to change to degrees, minutes, seconds.

 

Regards,

Lisa Hubbard

 

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