[Qgis-developer] spatial joins and select by location should not consider polygons than only touch

[Alex Mandel]

On 06/04/2014 09:42 AM, G. Allegri wrote:
> I've done some testing with fTools' spatial join and select by location
> tools.
> Whatever the geometry type it uses the "intersects" operator, which is true
> even if geometries only touch.
> 
> I've patched my own version to distinguish the case the input layer (to be
> selected) is a linear or polygonal layer. In that case I check if
> "overlaps" or "contains" are true, but I reject the case the geometries
> only touch. I keep the single intersects operator in case of points.
> 
> If you agree with the logic (I don't want to select or join geometries that
> only touch) I will submit a pull request.
> 
> giovanni
> 
> 

Both options should exist. Perhaps a checkbox to exclude those that only
touch?

Thanks,
Alex