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
