[Qgis-user] RE: Shapefile structure viewer and editor plugin

[Benoit EXIGE]

Hi Noli,

Thanks for your suggestion. I've thought about it but didn't implement  
it because fTools does it already. So why not viewing the shapefile  
produced by fTools? Easy and lazy reasoning from my side...
Another advantage of first using fTools to produce this info is that  
the file viewed/edited in the plugin is second generation so that if  
it gets damaged by the plugin you can safely return to the original  
file.

BTW please do not save or save as multipolylines shapefiles, the  
structure would get badly damaged! I'm working on a fix at the moment.

Cheers,
Benoit



Sent from my iPod

On 11 Sep 2010, at 3:36, Noli Sicad <nsicad at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Benoit,
>
> I am searching for a plugin that calculates the area and perimeter of
> polygons of shapefiles and other vector layers e.g. spatialite
>
> I think there is none at the moment, if I am not mistaken.
>
> However, you can get the area and perimeter of the layer using fTools.
>
> Vector-> Geometry tools -> Export / Add Geometry Columns
>
> The resulting exported shapefile has Area and Perimeter columns in the
> attribute table.
>
> Probably it would be good to add this feature - Area and perimeter
> calculation in your Shapefile structure viewer and editor plugin.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Noli