[Qgis-user] editing point shape file data

[maning sambale]

You can use the ftools.  Vector > Geometry Tools > Export/Add Geometry
Columns.  This creates a new shapefile with the XCOORD and YCOORD
fields.

There should be a way to just update the existing x y values of your
layer.  Just don't know how.

On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Chris Buddenhagen
<cbuddenhagen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Maning
>
> Ahhh ha. Got it. Duh.
>
> Now how to recalculate the x y values in the attribute table after moving
> the point?
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris Buddenhagen
>
>
> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:19 PM, maning sambale
> <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> You need to activate the "Move Feature" tool within the vector editing
>> tool box.  Then select the point you want to move.
>>
>> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:14 AM, Chris Buddenhagen
>> <cbuddenhagen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I turned on edit and selected a point from a shape file with 1000s of
>> > points, but could NOT move it to a new location using the mouse.
>> >
>> > Am I missing something?
>> >
>> > How can I move points in a shape file?
>> >
>> > Chris Buddenhagen
>> >
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>>
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>> cheers,
>> maning
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