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

[Roger André]

I've had the error both when the data is in a shapefile, or as a PostGIS
table.
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On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 3:13 PM, MORREALE Jean Roc
<jr.morreale at enoreth.net>wrote:

> 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
>>
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