[Qgis-user] PostGIS Polygon Editing

Bernhard Ströbl bernhard.stroebl at jena.de
Thu Nov 8 01:17:10 PST 2012


Use "settings" - "snapping options" and tick "avoid intersections" for 
the layer in question

Bernhard

Am 08.11.2012 10:07, schrieb uk52rob:
> Hi,
>
> I have a PostGIS polygon layer in QGIS which I need to add features to.
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> I can add polygons to it, no problem, but I need to be able to have the edges of the new features lined up exactly with the existing features. This is essentially to fill a void in the layer, or to continue in one direction. I have done this before using local shapefiles and the difference tool (very time consuming!), but this requires separate layers.
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> Is it possible to achieve the same result with a single PostGIS layer, so I can overlap an existing feature with my new feature, and trim it to the existing feature's boundary?
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> I hope this makes sense!
>
> Thanks
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