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

[Andre Joost]

Am 15.12.2016 um 18:48 schrieb 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
>
>

Just to add:

If you use the QuickOSM plugin, you can choose between shapefile and 
Geojson output. The first truncates some OSM field names, while the 
second preserves them, but does not allow editing.

So if you have chosen geojson, you first need to export your data to 
another format, preferrably spatialite (which preserves field names too).

If you have raw openstreetmap data from the Overpass website, you can 
add it with "Add vector layer", which creates a temporary spatialite 
database. You have to save them to a permanent file too.

HTH,
André Joost