[Qgis-user] merge shapefiles into one

[Håvard Tveite]

You can try the "Merge vector layers" function / algorithm.
ESRI Shapefile format datasets can be selected using the Add File(s)
button.

Håvard

On 12.04.2020 20:08, Mark Fogarty wrote:
> hi. i'm new to the list and qgis, apologies if this has been asked. we're
> working with the us census tract files available from census.gov here:
> 
> https://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/geo/shapefiles/index.php?year=2019&layergroup
> =Census+Tracts
> 
> they are published as 54 separate zip files, one per state. we would like to
> combine them into a single dataset. i found a lot of pages on the web that
> suggest using qgis for that purpose. they all start with
> 
> Click on the Vector menu, Data Management tools, Merge Shapefiles to
> One...
> 
> i just installed qgis 3.12.1, but my vector / data management tools menu
> doesn't have that option. has that tool been removed, or is there a plugin i
> need to install or maybe a different version?
> 
> is that data already available in a combined format from somewhere, or is
> there a better way to do this?
> 
> thanks
> 
> 
> 
> 
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