Thanks for the reply, Jay M Johnson advised me this link: https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/131996/shapefile-layers-in-qgis-dont-display-unless-i-zoom-out Meanwhile I solved the problem by saving the features in a postgresql layer. Regards, -- Sent from: http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/QGIS-User-f4125267.html