Hi Pat, maybe it's not clear for me what is your issue.
I apologize if it could be obvious, but there's something you need to consider about a vector GIS layer and thus a Shapefile.
Each feature of a Shapefile contains basically two type of information: a geometry (point/line/polygon/...) and some alphanumeric attributes.
The coordinates of a feature geometry, e.g. a point, are stored apart and are independent from the alphanumeric attributes related to that feature.
The coordinates of a feature geometry in a Shapefile DO NOT depend form any alphanumeric attributes present in the attribute table.
If a point is misplaced, you could just edit the feature geometry and move the point to whatever coordinates you want.
If a couple of alphanumeric attributes of the features contains a couple of decimal values that could be interpreted as coordinates in any CRS, and you think these coordinates are correct, then you could use the "Create point layer from table" processing tool to create a new Shapefile in which the points geometry are generated with the coordinates values taken from the provided alphanumeric attributes in the attribute table. In the new Shapefile, the coordinates of each point feature geometry will match the coordinates stored in the attribute table as the alphanumeric attributes you provided in the "Create point layer from table" tool.
Anyway, also in the new Shapefile, the coordinates of a feature geometry are stored apart and are independent from the alphanumeric attributes related to that feature. So, if you move the point in the Shapefile, changing its geometry coordinates, then the coordinates stored as alphanumeric attributes in the attribute table WILL NOT automatically change. And if you change the coordinates stored as alphanumeric attributes in the attribute table, then the point geometry WILL NOT automatically move to the changed coordinates.
I hope I was clear and I apologize again if these information are obvious to you.
Best regards. Andrea _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
