[Qgis-user] clipping shapefiles

[Ziegler Stefan]

Just hit the button and a additional file in the directory where your shapefiles are is created (*.qix). Panning and zooming should be much faster now.

Regards
Stefan

Von: michael chiverton [mailto:qgislist at gmail.com]
Gesendet: Freitag, 27. Juli 2012 15:55
An: Ziegler Stefan
Betreff: Re: [Qgis-user] clipping shapefiles

actually i have not....i see the option, but how is this process done, and what occurrs as a result of creating a spatial index?  thanks for your response.

mike
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 6:49 AM, Ziegler Stefan <Stefan.Ziegler at bd.so.ch<mailto:Stefan.Ziegler at bd.so.ch>> wrote:
Hi

Did you try to create a spatial index for the shapefile? (Layer properties -> General -> Create Spatial Index).

Regards
Stefan

Von: qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>] Im Auftrag von michael chiverton
Gesendet: Freitag, 27. Juli 2012 15:24
An: Qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:Qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>
Betreff: [Qgis-user] clipping shapefiles

hi all,

i have loaded the entire shapefile of NYS streets from the clearing house and is much to large for qgis to smoothely run, so.....i am familiar with clipping, but am not sure how to slip out the section of dutchess county that i am interested in. can anyone help me do this?

regards,

mike

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