[Qgis-user] force centroid INSIDE polygon

[Giovanni Manghi]

then use the "random points" tool in the vector menu.

On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 10:43 -0700, John Bryant wrote:
> Exactly my problem.  I have a poly shapefile with some very irregular
> polygons, I want to create a point dataset where each point is inside
> exactly one polygon, and each polygon contains exactly one point.
> 
> On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Giovanni Manghi
> <giovanni.manghi at gmail.com> wrote:
>         Hi, the centroid is the barycenter of geometric shape, so it
>         can be very
>         well outside it.
>         
>         cheers
>         
>         -- Giovanni --
>         
>         
>         On Wed, 2011-10-05 at 10:33 -0700, John Bryant wrote:
>         > Relative newbie question alert.
>         >
>         > Is there a way in QGIS to create "centroids" for a polygon
>         shapefile
>         > where the points are guaranteed to be inside the polygon?
>          I've had a
>         > look through the plugins and nothing is jumping out at me.
>         >
>         > Thanks
>         > John Bryant
>         
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