[Qgis-user] Creating polygon from points in csv file

[mir]

Perfect, Points2One worked straight away!  Thank you all very much.

mir

On 12 May 2010 12:49, nikos ves <vesnikos at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-05-12 at 12:11 -0500, mir wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I have a list of points in sequence that define a polygon.  This is
>> taken from a legal document defining a piece of land.  So far I have
>> been able to import this into Qgis as points.  How do I import it as a
>> polygon (or convert the points to a polygon?  I have tried to use
>> GRASS, importing it as an ASCII file, but I guess I never got the
>> ASCII polygon format down.
>>
>> I'm sure there must be an asy way.  Help!
>>
>> mir
>>
>
> You can use the "Points2One" plugin which makes the task you need.
> As input takes a point layer and as output gives a polygon or a
> polyline. In your case you can choose polygon.
>
> Be careful with the order of the points, otherwise you might get funny
> results.
>
> eg      |1 2|  is fine , but
>        |4 3|
>
>        |1 2| will intersect with itself, making two triangles!
>        |3 4|
>
>
> Ves Nikos
>
>



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