I'm very new to the GIS world, so my problem could be very stupid, but I'm going to try anyway.

#Objective

Given a list of coordinates in longitude/latitude, stored as a .csv file, I want to create a buffer with distance of x km around those coordinates. (In case this is relevant, these coordinates are locations of the societies in the SCCS dataset. These societies scatter all around the world.)

#Problem

I'm only able to create buffers with distance in radial degrees, but I want to do them in (kilo)meters. I'm aware of the following Q&A's, but following what's suggested therein doesn't seem to solve my problem:

• Understanding QGIS buffer tool units
• Buffering in meters/km using WGS84 layers using QGIS
• How to create a polygon (fixed width buffer) around a polygon in QGIS?
• Changing unit of measure from degrees to meters in QGIS?

#What I have tried...

1. I start QGIS (v2.4), and Add delimited text layer
2. choose my .csv file and the x/y fields, click OK
3. select WGS 84 as my CRS (also tried NAD83 but didn't make a difference), click OK
4. right-click on layer and select Save As..., in the dialog box, choose the following and click OK:
5. add sccs_meter.shp as layer to the current project
6. Select Vector > Geoprocessing Tools > Buffers > set buffer distance as 10

The result is a buffer with radius of approximately 1068km, which suggests that buffer distance is 10 degrees rather than 10 meters.

What did I do wrong here?

Objective

Given a list of coordinates in longitude/latitude, stored as a .csv file, I want to create a buffer with distance of x km around those coordinates. (In case this is relevant, these coordinates are locations of the societies in the SCCS dataset. These societies scatter all around the world.)

Problem

I'm only able to create buffers with distance in radial degrees, but I want to do them in (kilo)meters. I'm aware of the following Q&A's, but following what's suggested therein doesn't seem to solve my problem:

• Understanding QGIS buffer tool units
• Buffering in meters/km using WGS84 layers using QGIS
• How to create a polygon (fixed width buffer) around a polygon in QGIS?
• Changing unit of measure from degrees to meters in QGIS?

What I have tried...

1. I start QGIS 2.4, and Add delimited text layer
2. choose my .csv file and the x/y fields, click OK
3. select WGS 84 as my CRS (also tried NAD83 but didn't make a difference), click OK
4. right-click on layer and select Save As..., in the dialog box, choose the following and click OK:
5. add sccs_meter.shp as layer to the current project
6. Select Vector > Geoprocessing Tools > Buffers > set buffer distance as 10

The result is a buffer with radius of approximately 1068km, which suggests that buffer distance is 10 degrees rather than 10 meters.

What did I do wrong here?

I'm very new to the GIS world, so my problem could be very stupid, but I'm going to try anyway.

#Objective

Given a list of coordinates in longitude/latitude, stored as a .csv file, I want to create a buffer with distance of x km around those coordinates. (In case this is relevant, these coordinates are locations of the societies in the SCCS dataset. These societies scatter all around the world.)

#Problem

I'm only able to create buffers with distance in radial degrees, but I want to do them in (kilo)meters. I'm aware of the following Q&A's, but following what's suggested therein doesn't seem to solve my problem:

• Understanding QGIS buffer tool units
• Buffering in meters/km using WGS84 layers using QGIS
• How to create a polygon (fixed width buffer) around a polygon in QGIS?
• Changing unit of measure from degrees to meters in QGIS?

#What I have tried...

1. I start QGIS (v2.4), and Add delimited text layer
2. choose my .csv file and the x/y fields, click OK
3. select WGS 84 as my CRS (also tried NAD83 but didn't make a difference), click OK
4. right-click on layer and select Save As..., in the dialog box, choose the following and click OK:
5. add sccs_meter.shp as layer to the current project
6. Select Vector > Geoprocessing Tools > Buffers > set buffer distance as 10

The result is a buffer with radius of approximately 1068km, which suggests that buffer distance is 10 degrees rather than 10 meters.

What did I do wrong here?

I'm very new to the GIS world, so my problem could be very stupid, but I'm going to try anyway.

#Objective

Given a list of coordinates in longitude/latitude, stored as a .csv file, I want to create a buffer with distance of x km around those coordinates. (In case this is relevant, these coordinates are locations of the societies in the SCCS dataset. These societies scatter all around the world.)

#Problem

I'm only able to create buffers with distance in radial degrees, but I want to do them in (kilo)meters. I'm aware of the following Q&A's, but following what's suggested therein doesn't seem to solve my problem:

• Understanding QGIS buffer tool units
• Buffering in meters/km using WGS84 layers using QGIS
• How to create a polygon (fixed width buffer) around a polygon in QGIS?
• Changing unit of measure from degrees to meters in QGIS?

#What I have tried...

1. I start QGIS (v2.4), and Add delimited text layer
2. choose my .csv file and the x/y fields, click OK
3. select WGS 84 as my CRS (also tried NAD83 but didn't make a difference), click OK
4. right-click on layer and select Save As..., in the dialog box, choose the following and click OK:
5. add sccs_meter.shp as layer to the current project
6. Select Vector > Geoprocessing Tools > Buffers > set buffer distance as 10

The result is a buffer with radius of approximately 1068km, which suggests that buffer distance is 10 degrees rather than 10 meters.

What did I do wrong here?