<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,102)">I had actually looked for the answer in the (excellent) documentation before asking this question and am quite sure that the solution is in there somewhere for someone with more experience. I will continue experimenting the various ways you have all kindly suggested. I think though that Andreas may be right... perhaps there should be easier ways to achieve what I imagine to be quite a routine task. </div>
<div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,102)">Thanks to all of you for your patience and kind help, Sarah. </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
2013/4/3 Andreas Neumann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:a.neumann@carto.net" target="_blank">a.neumann@carto.net</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi,<br>
<br>
Actually an easy import from one table into the other, with the ability<br>
to map columns and avoid duplicates, is missing in my opinion. There are<br>
several ways to achieve what you want, Sarah (like merging shapefiles,<br>
loading from text and copy/paste). But there should be easier ways to<br>
achieve that.<br>
<br>
We are in feature freeze for QGIS 2.0 - so maybe something for QGIS 2.1 ;-)<br>
<br>
Andreas<br>
<br>
Am 03.04.2013 16:34, schrieb Albin Blaschka:<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">> Hello!<br>
><br>
> Maybe a look into the manual would also help...<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.qgis.org/en/documentation.html" target="_blank">http://www.qgis.org/en/documentation.html</a><br>
><br>
> and the How-to pages (linked from the above mentioned page):<br>
> <a href="http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/wiki/How_do_I_do_that_in_QGIS" target="_blank">http://hub.qgis.org/projects/quantum-gis/wiki/How_do_I_do_that_in_QGIS</a><br>
><br>
> HTH,<br>
> Albin<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> Am 03.04.2013 16:04, schrieb Lynkos:<br>
>> Alexandre<br>
>> , thanks :-). I'll try your suggestion and let you know if I can make it<br>
>> work.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> 2013/4/3 Alexandre Neto <<a href="mailto:senhor.neto@gmail.com">senhor.neto@gmail.com</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:senhor.neto@gmail.com">senhor.neto@gmail.com</a>>><br>
>><br>
>> For each new record you need to add a new Point to your shapefile.<br>
>> If you need to enter the coordinates by hand, then you should take a<br>
>> look at the numerical digitalize plugin. After the point is added<br>
>> you can then edit the rest of your attributes.<br>
>><br>
>> If you have too many new observations already in a spreadsheet, then<br>
>> you can do in another way:<br>
>><br>
>> - Create a temporary shapefile from the new spreadsheet, making sure<br>
>> that its attributes are the same as you main shapefile;<br>
>> - Add it to map canvas;<br>
>> - Select that layer and copy all its features (points) using the<br>
>> select by rectangle or directly on attribute table and copy them to<br>
>> clipboard.<br>
>> - Select the main shapefile, star editing (the pencil icon), and<br>
>> paste the features from clipboars.<br>
>><br>
>> If everything went well, and the layers attributes match, you will<br>
>> get all the new bird sighting in the main shapefile.<br>
>><br>
>> Still, the best would be to directly input the sightings on the<br>
>> shapefile.<br>
>><br>
>> Hope it helps,<br>
>><br>
>> Alexandre Neto<br>
>><br>
>> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Lynkos <<a href="mailto:lynkosmail@gmail.com">lynkosmail@gmail.com</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:lynkosmail@gmail.com">lynkosmail@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> ... to modify the data, yes in fact that's what I'm doing. But<br>
>> to ADD a new record from the coordinate data? Am I missing an<br>
>> "add" button somewhere?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> 2013/4/3 Paolo Cavallini <<a href="mailto:cavallini@faunalia.it">cavallini@faunalia.it</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:cavallini@faunalia.it">cavallini@faunalia.it</a>>><br>
>><br>
</div></div><div class="im HOEnZb">> Il 03/04/2013 12:05, Lynkos ha scritto:<br>
> > Thanks for answering so quickly Paolo.<br>
> > Adding the data directly to the imported shapefile is<br>
> exactly what I would like to<br>
> > do. I'm sure it's incredibly simple, but I just can't<br>
> figure out how, Sarah.<br>
><br>
> Just click on the Pen button, start editing.<br>
> All the best.<br>
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