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

[Randal Hale]

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”
>
> /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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> *From:*chris hermansen <clhermansen at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 25 March 2025 17:42
> *To:* Nora Badenhorst <norabadenhorst at nova.org.za>
> *Cc:* qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Qgis-user] FW: "Phantom" point in created layer
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> Nora and list,
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM Nora Badenhorst via QGIS-User 
> <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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