[Qgis-user] simplify feature

[Giovanni Manghi]

On Mon, 2009-12-07 at 12:13 +0100, Jan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am new to QGis and I have tried to use the simplify feature. I have a 
> very large shape file with country and other administrative borders 
> world wide. I would like to reduce the file size (complexity).
> I have tried different tolerances like 500 or 1000 but I do not see any 
> effect in the file produced.
> Any ideas?


Hi,

Try the v.generalize module in GRASS (that you can access from QGis).


cheers

-- Giovanni --