You can try the "Merge vector layers" function / algorithm. ESRI Shapefile format datasets can be selected using the Add File(s) button.
Håvard On 12.04.2020 20:08, Mark Fogarty wrote: > hi. i'm new to the list and qgis, apologies if this has been asked. we're > working with the us census tract files available from census.gov here: > > https://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/geo/shapefiles/index.php?year=2019&layergroup > =Census+Tracts > > they are published as 54 separate zip files, one per state. we would like to > combine them into a single dataset. i found a lot of pages on the web that > suggest using qgis for that purpose. they all start with > > Click on the Vector menu, Data Management tools, Merge Shapefiles to > One... > > i just installed qgis 3.12.1, but my vector / data management tools menu > doesn't have that option. has that tool been removed, or is there a plugin i > need to install or maybe a different version? > > is that data already available in a combined format from somewhere, or is > there a better way to do this? > > thanks > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
