[Qgis-user] Problems when using Identify tool in 1.7.1-Wroclaw

[MORREALE Jean Roc]

What is the format of your data ?


Le 11/11/2011 23:44, Roger André a écrit :
> Hi All,
>
> First I'd like to say that this version of QGis is one of the best
> applications I've ever used, period.  I use it on a daily basis for at
> least 4 to 5 hours and continue to be amazed at how well it allows me to do
> my work.  Kudos to the developers.
>
> However, (there's always a caveat, right) I am encountering a frequent
> problem that is somewhat annoying.  In the course of my work I am using
> fairly large scale vector data of world coastlines.  If I have the
> misfortune of clicking on an extremely complex multi-polygon feature with
> the identify tool, I often make my machine unresponsive and am given the
> "Force Quit" option before the application has been able to highlight the
> feature and bring up the dialog box.  By contrast, the Select tool seems to
> deal with the same feature much better.
>
> I has assumed that I was simply starving the machine for memory when this
> happens, but after looking at htop it appears instead that I am completely
> pegging out the CPU that is trying to do the work.  Is this a known issue?
> I have not found other reports in an online search, so I thought I'd ask
> here.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Roger