[GIS] Lat Lon not metres map Coordinates at mouse cursor position

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I'm using QGIS 2.14.10 LTR, my project crs is EPSG:27700 but the coordinates shown at the bottom of the QGIS window are in lat lon not metres. The odd thing is if I toggle the button to show extent instead of cursor position the figures are presented in metres. I've included a couple of screenshots.

Does anyone have any idea how I can change things to show the cursor location in metres?

cursor position

extent

Best Answer

The coordinates should be displaying in metres anyway. However, double check that the CRS is set as:

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=49 +lon_0=-2 +k=0.9996012717 +x_0=400000 +y_0=-100000 +ellps=airy +towgs84=446.448,-125.157,542.06,0.15,0.247,0.842,-20.489 +units=m +no_defs

If that does not help, go to Project -> Project Properties and check that the Coordinate display is set to Map Units (Meters): it's the properties window

If none of this works, you have found a bug.

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