... or if, as it says on subject, this is a Spatial Query, you can try the "point sampling tool" plugin to take the value that you want from polygons that overlaps your points.
Good luck Carlos Cerdán 2013/7/25 Randal Hale <rjh...@northrivergeographic.com> > First thing I would try would be doing a spatial join. A spatial Join > will take the attributes from the polygon layer and add them to your point > layer. > > Vector Menu -> Data Management Tools -> Join Attributes by location. You > will get more than just the one column but the extra can be removed. > > Randy > > ----------------- > Randal Hale, GISP > North River Geographic Systems, Inchttp://www.northrivergeographic.com > 423.653.3611 > rjh...@northrivergeographic.com<mailto:rjh...@northrivergeographic.com> > <rjh...@northrivergeographic.com> > twitter:rjhalehttp://about.me/rjhale > > On 07/25/2013 09:05 AM, Steven Campbell wrote: > > I was wondering if I could do the following within QGIS:**** > > ** ** > > I want to update a column in my point layer with the attribute information > from a specific column in a polygon layer - so I have a layer of postcodes > and I want to give create a column, call it School Catchment and I want to > populate this column with the value of the school name column from the > catchment area polygon layer.**** > > ** ** > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks**** > > ** ** > > Steve Campbell**** > > GIS Manager**** > > Corporate Strategy and Communications**** > > Borough of Poole | Civic Centre | Poole BH15 2RU**** > > Tel: 01202 633 362**** > > Email: s.campb...@poole.gov.uk**** > > Website:www.boroughofpoole.com**** > > *Think Green! Please Recycle* > > ** ** > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing > listQgis-user@lists.osgeo.orghttp://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > >
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