[Qgis-user] vector selection by spatial operators

[G. Allegri]

Thanks John,
I hope in the future of QGis :-) It's strange it's not a major priority, as
it's one of the basics of GIS work... Anyway, I'll continue using Grass. The
fact is that with Grass tool is intended to produce output vectors, and not
simple selections. Many times it's useful to have a rapid sight of selected
features vs unselected ones, and it is not possible with v.overlay.
Ok, I thanks anyway OS developers... these are just wishes to make the daily
job a bit more productive! :-)

Giovanni

2008/2/15, John C. Tull <john.tull at wildnevada.org>:
>
> On Feb 15, 2008, at 5:36 AM, G. Allegri wrote:
>
> > Is the possibility to do "selection by spatial operators" in any
> > future roadmap? I know it can be done on a PostGIS layer, thanks to
> > the PostGIS spatial functions, but it's not yet a built-in feature
> > of QGis, so it isn't possible to make such operations on, i.e.,
> > shapefile layers.
> > Do I miss something?
> >
> > Giovanni
>
>
> Giovanni,
>
> This is something that has been discussed off and on with the
> developers. I'm a user, not a developer, but my understanding is that
> it is an item that several people would like to work into qgis,
> although it is not an immediate priority moving towards version 1.0.
> Version 1.0 is being targeted for later this year, so maybe  by this
> time next year (or possibly sooner) there will be spatial geometry in
> qgis natively. Of course, someone could develop a plugin if they had
> the skills.
>
> In the meantime, you can use the grass tools to do spatial geometry
> from grass.
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
>
>
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