I use the process on a postgis DB, but Shapefiles are also capable of having tabular data without geometries attached. However I do not know how you would create such a file (easily) from an existing geometry-less layer.
Maybe something like this: http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/327/how-can-i-convert-an-excel-file-with-x-y-columns-to-a-shapefile Or try with adding a dummy geometry column in a csv so it loads as points and then save as shapefile. Best, Matthias On 11/16/2015 03:00 PM, DelazJ wrote: > Hi, > Matthias, what kind of format can this file be? > This is not the first time I see MapInfo user asking about this > feature. I personnaly had last week to add geometries to features that > were in a tabular file (csv) and couldn't find how to do this except > giving an unique ID to the table data, and in another shapefile > digitizing, filling ID after each drawing and, at the end joining > layers. It was possible because there was not so many features but > it's unfriendly. > I thought I could save the csv into shapefile (even empty) and > proceed with the "add part" tool but "saving as" failed. > It would be nice if we could find a way to address this "issue"... > > 2015-11-16 7:22 GMT+01:00 Matthias Kuhn <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>: > > Hi, > > IIRC you can use the "add part" tool to create geometries for existing > objects. Just use the attribute table to select the proper object and > then digitize with the add part tool. Of course the selected layer has > to be capable of saving geomtries in the format you like (i.e. you > cannot geometrizise an excel table). > > Cheers, > Matthias > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > -- Matthias Kuhn OPENGIS.ch - https://www.opengis.ch Spatial • (Q)GIS • PostGIS • Open Source
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