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I have a shapefile of points in Qgis 2.18. I created the points by direct click on a map, using the digitizing tool. Now I need to fill the 2 columns "Lat" and "Long" in the attribute table with Geographic coordinates (DD MM.mmm).

The shapefile is in Utm. I used the instructions found here: How to automatically fill a lat/long in attribute table.

But when I try to use the Field calculator, the columns are filled with Lat and Long values referred to UTM. Even when I set the Project properties to Geographic, the Field calculator calculate always UTM coordinate to fill the columns.

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    Welcome to GIS SE! As a new user please take the [tour] to learn about our focused Question and Answer format. Please [edit] your question to include more information, such as what GIS software you're using, and what actual steps you've followed in your attempts. – Midavalo Jan 31 '17 at 17:38
  • Do you mean you need to transform to epsg 4326? Like I can use x(transform($geometry,'epsg:27700','epsg:4326')) to get the X coordinate for my UK Grid data? – Spacedman Jan 31 '17 at 22:02
  • Yes, my shapefile is in EPSG32632 and I need, in the table, the coordinates in EPSG 4326. Your script works (thanks!) but still I get DD.dddd while I need DD MM.mmm – David Feb 01 '17 at 09:31

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