I'm new in QGIS and in GIS.
I want to calculate distance between two points in meters using WGS 84 coordinates. I'm working with QGIS 2.0.1 Dufour and Python 2.7

The code is the following (based on <http://docs.qgis.org/testing/en/docs/pyqgis_developer_cookbook/geometry.html?highlight=measureline#geometry-predicates-and-operations>):

```
point1 = QgsPoint(-46.443077,-67.51561)
point2 = QgsPoint(-46.4446,-67.512778)

#Create a measure object
distance = QgsDistanceArea()

#Measure the distance
m = distance.measureLine(point1, point2)

```

Using these coordinates I'm getting 0.00321554863126
And in Google Maps it is approximately 290m.

Why is it not the same distance, or is the first distance not meters?