[Qgis-user] Intersecting points and polygons

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi Sarah,

have a look at "Vector -> Data Management tools --> Join Attributes by
Location" or use the Spatial Query Plugin in combination with the field
calculator.

Either way should work for you.

Andreas

Am 11.03.2014 08:50, schrieb Lynkos:
> Back again needing your help...
> I have a point shapefile containing bird observations and another polygon
> shapefile containing the boundaries of local authority areas.  Using these,
> I need to add a column to the point shapefile attribute table containing
> the name of the local authority area in which the point falls.
> If the two files were both polygons, I would do an intersect or union. But
> doing this with a point file and a polygon file creates a shapefile, but
> without merging the attribute tables correctly. I get all the headings of
> both files, but the attributes of only one or the other of the files.
> I'm using QGIS 2.2. Thanks for any suggestions on how to achieve my result,
> Sarah.
> 
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