{"id":2196,"date":"2016-01-28T13:49:28","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T13:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/?p=2196"},"modified":"2016-01-29T01:05:59","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T01:05:59","slug":"counting-vertices-qgis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/?p=2196","title":{"rendered":"Counting Vertices of Shapefile or GIS Data in QGIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yesterday I wrote article about <a href=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/software\/qgis\/x-and-y-coordinate-qgis\" target=\"_blank\">adding X and Y coordinates in<\/a> QGIS and today I thought adding number of vertices in the attribute table will be handy when you want to count vertices. QGIS does not have this tool to process, therefore you have to download the plugins called <span style=\"color: #333333; background-color: white;\"><strong>Vertices Counter.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 25pt;\">1<\/span>. Go to the <\/strong>Plugins &gt; Manage and Install Plugins<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/012816_1339_CountingVer1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 25pt;\"><strong>2.<\/strong><\/span> Type<strong> Vertices Counter <\/strong>on the search box and then <strong>install plugin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/012816_1339_CountingVer2.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 25pt;\"><strong>3.<\/strong><\/span> Then add your vector data to count vertices, for this tutorial\u00a0I am using\u00a0world shapefile.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/012816_1339_CountingVer3.png\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/012816_1339_CountingVer4.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 25pt;\"><strong>4.<\/strong><\/span> Then go to Vector &gt; Vertices Counter &gt;Vertices Counter<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/012816_1339_CountingVer5.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 25pt;\"><strong>5.<\/strong><\/span> By default it will take the <strong>active layer<\/strong> as an\u00a0input, you can select the desired layer from the<strong> select layer. <\/strong>It will activate when you check box the <strong>select from the loaded layers. <\/strong>Under option check the box <strong>Create New Column\u00a0<\/strong>if you want to add vertices value in the attribute table, if not check <strong>Count without adding column. <\/strong>Results will display on the window or you can export the results in<strong> CSV format.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/012816_1339_CountingVer6.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 25pt;\"><strong>6.<\/strong><\/span> Now open the attribute table of world layer by right clicking the layer &gt; <strong>Open Attribute Table<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/012816_1339_CountingVer7.png\" alt=\"\" \/><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 25pt;\"><strong>7.<\/strong><\/span> You will notice vertices values are added in a separate layer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/012816_1339_CountingVer8.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>NOW READ TUTORIAL ON <a href=\"https:\/\/grindgis.com\/software\/qgis\/x-and-y-coordinate-qgis\">ADDING X AND Y ON QGIS<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I wrote article about adding X and Y coordinates in QGIS and today I thought adding number of vertices in the attribute table will be handy when you want to count vertices. QGIS does not have this tool to process, therefore you have to download the plugins called Vertices Counter. 1. 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