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<p>Good morning Nora (or afternoon) , <br>
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<p>I'm wondering if you select (draw a polygon using the select
tool) around one or two points you might select 2 or 4 points -
you may have points stacked accidentally. <br>
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<p>Randy<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/26/25 02:14, Nora Badenhorst via
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Chris,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Why are you using "Add polygon feature"
when your goal appears to be adding points?<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sorry, I now realised that I wrote “polygon
feature”. I actually use “Add point feature”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>What is the geometry of your shapefile
layer? If you intend to have points in it, then the
geometry should be "point".<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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chris hermansen <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:clhermansen@gmail.com"><clhermansen@gmail.com></a>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 25 March 2025 17:42<br>
<b>To:</b> Nora Badenhorst
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:norabadenhorst@nova.org.za"><norabadenhorst@nova.org.za></a><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Qgis-user] FW: "Phantom" point in
created layer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nora and list,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 12:05<span
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Nora Badenhorst via QGIS-User <<a
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I am counting
informal structures in our project areas.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I created a
shapefile layer and use the “Toggle editing – Add
polygon feature” function to add a point. Every
structure gets a dot.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Why are you using "Add polygon
feature" when your goal appears to be adding points?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What is the geometry of your
shapefile layer? If you intend to have points in it,
then the geometry should be "point".<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Chris Hermansen · clhermansen "at"
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C'est ma façon de parler.<o:p></o:p></p>
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