Hi Joris On 01/07/2016 10:14 PM, Joris Hintjens wrote: > Thanks Nyall, > > I try to understand your procedure, but…: > > line3: “save as…”: Before doing that, I already need a geometry defined, a > proces you describe later i the process. I don’t get it.
Note the "with all null geometries" comment in 5. This will just prepare an empty container which will be filled later. > line 4: "- expand out the "Geometry” group…” This is an option from the > “load csv layer”, not from “save layer as (shape)” ... I see it as well in "save as" > line 8: change field to <geom>: which field? I lost you there completely. > Sorry. Where you should specify a field name > > > >> Op 7 jan. 2016, om 02:47 heeft Nyall Dawson <[email protected]> het >> volgende geschreven: >> >> On 7 January 2016 at 07:08, Joris Hintjens <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> I’m lost. >>> I have a list of movements. A table with (among others) a column “FROM” >>> and a column “TO” (both containing coordinates) >>> >>> How can I import this in QGIS so that I have a bunch of lines going from >>> FROM to TO? >>> >> >> This is relatively straightforward in QGIS master: >> >> 1- import your CSV file >> 2- right click the CSV layer, and choose "Save as" >> 3- change format to "ESRI Shapefile". Choose the correct CRS for your >> coordinates. >> 4- expand out the "Geometry" group and change "Geometry type" from >> "Automatic" to "LineString" >> 5- click OK, the new LineString shapefile (with all null geometries) >> will be added to the project >> 6- now, you need to create the geometries. This is done through the >> field calculator. >> 7- tick "update existing field" >> 8- change the field to "<geometry>" >> 9- enter the expression: >> 'make_line(make_point("x1","y1"),make_point("x2","y2"))' (but replace >> x1, y1, ... with the correct columns names from your original CSV >> file) >> 10- click OK. Done! >> >> Nyall >> >> >>> thanks for your comments >>> >>> Joris >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qgis-user mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >>> Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] List info: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
