[Qgis-user] How to edit repetitive data in QGIS

[Matt Boyd]

Can you select the features you want by a function using the same street
name, then
Edit - merge selected features.

On 15 Dec 2016 08:40, "Charlotte Wolter" <techlady at techlady.com> wrote:

> Hello, all,
>
>         I created a query for data from OpenStreetMap using
> overpassturbo.eu. I needed major street, so used the expression
> highway=primary. The area was a large section of Los Angeles, about 1/6th
> of the city, the area called South Bay.
>         I got the steeets I need, no problem. But, I also got the street
> names repeating over and over, because the streets are broken into segments
> by changes, such as a bridge or a change in speed limit, etc., etc.
>         I am looking for a way to solve this issue, such as editing the
> data to remove the names from some of these segments. I have opened the
> data in the "Attributes Table," but I can't seem to edit it there (which
> would be handy). So, if QGIS does not support editing a data file, is there
> some other way to do it?
>         Thanks!
>
> Charlotte Wolter
>
>
>
> Charlotte Wolter
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