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it looks like these point are located at <i>Null Island <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Island" id="LPlnk913241">
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Island</a>,</i> which means their coordinates are 0,0. You somehow created Points withour a a real geomtry.</div>
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Maybe this might help</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Von:</b> QGIS-User im Auftrag von Nora Badenhorst via QGIS-User<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Montag, 31. März 2025 08:29<br>
<b>Bis:</b> Randal Hale; qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [Qgis-user] FW: "Phantom" point in created layer </span>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Hi Randy,</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I used the “Add point” feature.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">It is not stacked because the “phantom” points are all at the same location somewhere in the ocean.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>From:</b> QGIS-User <qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Randal Hale via QGIS-User<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 26 March 2025 14:50<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Qgis-user] FW: "Phantom" point in created layer</span></p>
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<p>Good morning Nora (or afternoon) ,</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Randy</p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">On 3/26/25 02:14, Nora Badenhorst via QGIS-User wrote:</p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Hallo Chris,</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Hope you are well??</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Thanks for the reply.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Why are you using "Add polygon feature" when your goal appears to be adding points?</i></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sorry, I now realised that I wrote “polygon feature”. I actually use “Add point feature”</p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>What is the geometry of your shapefile layer? If you intend to have points in it, then the geometry should be "point".</i></p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The geometry is Point.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>From:</b> chris hermansen
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 25 March 2025 17:42<br>
<b>To:</b> Nora Badenhorst </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: blue;"><u><a href="mailto:norabadenhorst@nova.org.za" id="OWA0f8a4de3-c0a0-6937-9c6f-397ceb24cc52" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><norabadenhorst@nova.org.za></a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br>
<b>Cc:</b> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: blue;"><u><a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org" id="OWAbb1c5400-14b3-e03d-bbd2-1557e94a0104" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Qgis-user] FW: "Phantom" point in created layer</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nora and list,</p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 12:05<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span>PM Nora Badenhorst via QGIS-User <<span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org" id="OWAa793127b-ed86-af25-1a87-c8719ebfcd44" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a></u></span>>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I am counting informal structures in our project areas.</p>
<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I created a shapefile layer and use the “Toggle editing – Add polygon feature” function to add a point. Every structure gets a dot.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Why are you using "Add polygon feature" when your goal appears to be adding points?</p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What is the geometry of your shapefile layer? If you intend to have points in it, then the geometry should be "point".</p>
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C'est ma façon de parler.</p>
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