[Qgis-user] extracting coordinates for multiple points

[Alex Mandel]

Jens Kruger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have digitised some points on a map. I have edited the attribute table
> to hold columns named latitude and longitude. I would like to fill these
> columns with the corresponding coordinates of the points. Something like
> 'update column latitude with centroid(y) from object'.
> 
> I can work around this using the 'coordinate capture' plugin, but it is
> really not suitable as I have many points.
> 
> If there is no straight forward solution perhaps Python can help? But I
> would be unsure where to start.
> 
> Many thanks in advance for your help, Jens
> 
> ----------------
> Jens Kruger

The ftools plugin can handle this under Tools-> Geometry Tools ->
Export/Add geometry column. This won't do centroids though it's just x,y
for points I think.

So yes whatever you want can be done via python.

Alex