[Qgis-user] Too many points to cope with one simple operation?

[Luciano La Sala]

Dear QGIS users,

I am using QGIS Essen (2.14.0) on Windows 10. I have two shapefiles, one 
representing Argentina (single polygon) and the other one containing 
97,921 points. I need to identify all the points that somehow fall 
outside the coutry limits and save them as a new shapefile to correct 
their coordinates. In doing so, I used the Spatial Query tool in the 
Vector option of the menue. There, under the "Select source features 
from" menue I select my points file, for the "Where the feature" 
drop-down option I select "Within", and for the "Reference features of" 
option, I pick my polygon file. I choose "Create new selection" and hit 
"Apply", but nothing happens. The operation process box shows 
"Processing 2/2 - 0%" and stays like that forever until I must close the 
program.

Is this because of the large amount of points that I am having QGIS 
handle at once? Potential solutions will be much appreciated!!!


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Dr. Luciano F. La Sala
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)
Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia
Universidad Nacional del Sur
San Juan 670
Bahía Blanca (8000)
Argentina

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