[Qgis-user] FW: "Phantom" point in created layer

Tue Apr 1 00:10:40 PDT 2025

Dear Nora,

it looks like these point are located at Null Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Island, which means their coordinates are 0,0. You somehow created Points withour a a real geomtry.

Maybe this might help

Regards

Benedikt

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Betreff: Re: [Qgis-user] FW: "Phantom" point in created layer

Hi Randy,

I used the “Add point” feature.

It is not stacked because the “phantom” points are all at the same location somewhere in the ocean.

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From: QGIS-User <qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> On Behalf Of Randal Hale via QGIS-User
Sent: Wednesday, 26 March 2025 14:50
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Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] FW: "Phantom" point in created layer

Good morning Nora (or afternoon) ,

I'm wondering if you select (draw a polygon using the select tool) around one or two points you might select 2 or 4 points - you may have points stacked accidentally.

Randy

On 3/26/25 02:14, Nora Badenhorst via QGIS-User wrote:

Hallo Chris,

Hope you are well??

Thanks for the reply.

Why are you using "Add polygon feature" when your goal appears to be adding points?

Sorry, I now realised that I wrote “polygon feature”. I actually use “Add point feature”

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What is the geometry of your shapefile layer?  If you intend to have points in it, then the geometry should be "point".

The geometry is Point.

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Sent: Tuesday, 25 March 2025 17:42
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Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] FW: "Phantom" point in created layer

Nora and list,

On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM Nora Badenhorst via QGIS-User <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org<mailto:qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>> wrote:

I am counting informal structures in our project areas.

I created a shapefile layer and use the “Toggle editing – Add polygon feature”  function to add a point. Every structure gets a dot.

Why are you using "Add polygon feature" when your goal appears to be adding points?

What is the geometry of your shapefile layer?  If you intend to have points in it, then the geometry should be "point".

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