Feature request #15178
Copy a polygone or a line to a point layer should create features corresponding to vertices
| Status: | Open | ||
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| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Assignee: | - | ||
| Category: | Digitising | ||
| Pull Request or Patch supplied: | No | Resolution: | |
| Easy fix?: | No | Copied to github as #: | 23117 |
Description
Copying a polygon and pasting it to a line layer creates a closed line from the polygon border. And vice-versa when copying a line to a polygon layer.
However, copying such geometries to a point layer generates an error message.
Might be nice to have it possible, generating a multipoint feature from vertices of the copied feature.
see http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Copy-paste-polygon-to-line-shapefile-td5273537.html
History
#1
Updated by Jukka Rahkonen over 8 years ago
That would create many point features from one polygon which does not feel consistent. I would prefer a single multipoint feature but does a point layer accept multipoints?
#2
Updated by Harrissou Santanna over 8 years ago
good point! I wasn't clear in my description (will fix it): i was expecting a multipoint feature which parts are vertices of the line or polygon. which is coherent with the current behavior: a polygon with ring creates a multiline feature.
And yes, point layer can have multipoint features.
#3
Updated by Matthias Kuhn over 8 years ago
And yes, point layer can have multipoint features.
That depends on the data provider. E.g. a geometry column on a postgis table can be Point or MultiPoint.
#4
Updated by Giovanni Manghi over 7 years ago
- Easy fix? set to No