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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thanks for your reply.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I am glad I now have a name to call that point –
<i>Null Island</i>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The mystery is still how that happened? Almost 2500 points (all the different layers combined) were created at Null Island and the procedure was the same as how I create the “correct”
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 01 April 2025 09:11<br>
<b>To:</b> Randal Hale <rjhale@northrivergeographic.com>; qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org; Nora Badenhorst <norabadenhorst@nova.org.za><br>
<b>Subject:</b> AW: [Qgis-user] FW: "Phantom" point in created layer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">it looks like these point are located at
<i>Null Island <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Island">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Island</a>,</i> which means their coordinates are 0,0. You somehow created Points withour a a real geomtry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Maybe this might help<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Von:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> QGIS-User im Auftrag von Nora Badenhorst via QGIS-User<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Montag, 31. März 2025 08:29<br>
<b>Bis:</b> Randal Hale; <a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Qgis-user] FW: "Phantom" point in created layer </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Randy,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I used the “Add point” feature.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">It is not stacked because the “phantom” points are all at the same location somewhere in the ocean.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><img border="0" width="630" height="387" style="width:6.5666in;height:4.0333in" id="x__x005f_x0000_i1029" src="cid:image004.png@01DBA2E9.BABED5B0"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Regards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> QGIS-User <<a href="mailto:qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Randal Hale via QGIS-User<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 26 March 2025 14:50<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Qgis-user] FW: "Phantom" point in created layer</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Good morning Nora (or afternoon) ,<o:p></o:p></p>
<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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Randy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>On 3/26/25 02:14, Nora Badenhorst via QGIS-User wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hallo Chris,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hope you are well??</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks for the reply.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><i>Why are you using "Add polygon feature" when your goal appears to be adding points?</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Sorry, I now realised that I wrote “polygon feature”. I actually use “Add point feature”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><img border="0" width="241" height="90" style="width:2.5083in;height:.9416in" id="x_Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image005.png@01DBA2E9.BABED5B0"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><i>What is the geometry of your shapefile layer? If you intend to have points in it, then the geometry should be "point".</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The geometry is Point.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Regards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> chris hermansen
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 25 March 2025 17:42<br>
<b>To:</b> Nora Badenhorst <u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:norabadenhorst@nova.org.za"><norabadenhorst@nova.org.za></a></span></u><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Qgis-user] FW: "Phantom" point in created layer</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Nora and list,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 12:05<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>PM Nora Badenhorst via QGIS-User <<u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a></span></u>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>I am counting informal structures in our project areas.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>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>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>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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C'est ma façon de parler.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre>North Rivergeographic Systems, Inc<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.northrivergeographic.com/">https://www.northrivergeographic.com</a></span></u><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.qgis-us.org/">https://www.qgis-us.org</a></span></u><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre>I hope this email finds you in the mountains, and as sun peeps through the trees the squirrels begin foraging.<o:p></o:p></pre>
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