An instant thought, which is probably wrong. Could you use the vector tools to 
generate centroid points and count those?
Probably only going to work of the polygons are more-or-less regular. 

Do you know what is causing the difference in the count? Is it including 
partial polygons?

-ramon.

On 08/08/2011, at 10:44, Kate Beard <[email protected]> wrote:

> Wondering if anyone can help?  i'm trying to count the number of smaller 
> polygons within a larger polygon.
> 
> I've used the Vector > Data Management > Join by location, which gives me 
> numbers which are close, but not quite correct.
> 
> I've also found the Points in Polygon tool which would be fine if I had 
> points - unfortunately I have polygons.
> 
> Thanks,
> Kate
> ______________________________
_______________________________________________
Qgis-user mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user

Reply via email to