[Gvsig_english] two shapefile editing questions

[Wolfgang Qual]

Hi Joanne,
maybe you can use the geoprocess "dissolve". Of course, you will only keep one 
column of the attribute table (you can also use a summarize-function for 
numerical values). That's the only thing that comes to my mind at the moment.



Am Mittwoch 22 April 2009 15:42:06 schrieb Joanne Cook:
> Hi Wolfgang,
>
> That's exactly what I am thinking of in question 2. An archaeological
> example would be a series of holes where posts have stood, which all need
> to be grouped together to form a "house".
>
> Many thanks
>
> Jo
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wolfgang Qual" <wolfgang.qual at gmx.net>
> To: "gvsig internacional" <gvsig_internacional at runas.cap.gva.es>
> Cc: "Joanne Cook" <j.cook at oxfordarch.co.uk>
> Sent: Wednesday, 22 April, 2009 13:26:51 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland,
> Portugal Subject: Re: [Gvsig_english] two shapefile editing questions
>
> Dear Joanne,
> currently, these two features are not available in gvSIG 1.1.2.
> 1.9 unstable contains a new function which enables you to merge
> neighbouring features during editing, but I fear that this is not what you
> are searching for. Are you thinking of something like a multipart features?
>
> Best
> Wolfgang
>
> Am Mittwoch 22 April 2009 12:27:22 schrieb Joanne Cook:
> > Dear List,
> >
> > I have two (hopefully) basic shapefile editing questions.
> >
> > 1: Is it possible to copy a feature from one shapefile to another, if the
> > topologies and the attributes fields are the same? 2: Is it possible to
> > merge two non-contiguous features in the same shapefile? So, they have
> > the same attribute record?
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Jo