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

[Alex Mandel]

All those solutions are possible good options. To answer the direct 
question in case you need to know, you have turn on editing (Toggle 
Edit) of a layer before you can edit, and this is only available on some 
data format (so make sure you import your data to Spatialite, Shapefile 
or another editable format, osm files are not directly editable)
http://docs.qgis.org/2.14/en/docs/user_manual/introduction/qgis_gui.html#edit

Enjoy,
Alex

On 12/15/2016 12:32 AM, Karl-Magnus Jönsson wrote:
> Hi!
> Instead of editing the lines or attributes with all that work you can do this in the styling. In the labels tab of the layer properties there are rendering options. There is a checkbox for merging connected lines to avoid duplicate labels. Hope this works.
>
> Karl-Magnus Jönsson
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> Skickat: den 15 december 2016 08:58
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> Hi Charlotte,
>
> You can use the "dissolve" tool for merging features that have value(s) in common. In this case the field "name" contains that value.
>
> Go:
> Vector >> Geoprocessing tools >> Dissolve...
> Remove the check mark at "Dissolve all (do not use field)"
> Add the field "name" to unique ID fields list Run
>
> This worked for me. Only drawback is that all roads without a name were merged together. If you mind that, you can select and remove them before running the dissolve algorithm.
>
> Good luck,
> Raymond
>
>
>
>
> On 15-12-16 07:07, Matt Boyd wrote:
>> 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
>> <mailto:techlady at techlady.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hello, all,
>>
>>             I created a query for data from OpenStreetMap using
>>     overpassturbo.eu <http://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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>>     Santa Monica, California
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