Hi Nora and all, I struggled sometimes with a similar problem but didn't know that the phantom points was plotted at lat/long (0.0).
I knew that they didn't have valid geometry. I guessed that it happened when I use a shapefile and deleted some points during in editing mode (using backspace). I think, it deletes the geometry only, but not the (line in attribute table). Can you try this ? Thanks On Thu, Apr 3, 2025, 09:00 Nora Badenhorst via QGIS-User < qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: > Hi Tobias, > > Hope you are well? > Thanks for the feedback. > > I have created a NEW shapefile for each of my areas. > Attached find one of these layers. It was created (geometry type: points) > and saved. I then "edited" the layer and adding points using "add pint > feature" > > When realising that there were "phantom" points, I selected the visible > points and saved it as a new layer. > > I do not use GeoPackage as as layers but will definitely try it in future. > > Thanks again - have a great day. > > > Nôra Badenhorst > RESEARCH ASSISTANT AND OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR > > nôrabadenho...@nova.org.za > +27 (0) 72 146 3633 > Office 1, Aura Aesta Building, 2 Witteboom Street, Hartenbos > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/2+Witteboom+Street,+Hartenbos?entry=gmail&source=g> > 6520 > > nova.org.za > Quality of life > begins at home > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: QGIS-User <qgis-user-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> On Behalf Of Tobias > Schula via QGIS-User > Sent: Wednesday, 02 April 2025 14:46 > To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] FW: "Phantom" point in created layer > > > I created a shapefile layer > > This seems to be the culprit. Did you create the shapefile specifically > and newly in QGIS, or did you reuse some old shapefile where you just > deleted features? Shape is a brittle format and can easily get corrupted, > especially if different apps and programs got their hands on the same file. > > QGIS always had bugs with shapefiles, e.g. this one: > > https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues/19349 > > I don't work with shapefiles at all anymore, I just treat them as data- > interchange format. If you receive a shapefile, import it into geopackage, > spatialite or postgis, when your done editing, export it again as a new > shapefile. Saved me a lot of headaches. > > Export your points in a temporary scratch layer that you then save as a > new shapefile under a new name, so QGIS won't use the old sidecars anymore. > Try editing the "new" shapefile and see if the error persists. > > Try to create a completely new shapefile with the same columns and see if > the error persists, try to save your shapefile into a different format and > continue editing the new format. I highly suspect the shapefile is broken > and thus creates phantom/mystery geometries. > > Do you have any other layers joined or connected to the offending layer? > It could be that the creation of a point triggers further action. What are > your settings in Layer > Layer Properties. , tabs "Actions" and "Attributes > Form"? > Do you have an expression saved somewhere as an automatic input field? > > I had similar problems with mystery points added in QField, no more > problems since only using geopackage. I also tried to recreate your > problem, but my newly created shapefile layer only shows the points I > added. Can you share your shape with us, or does it have confidential data? > > Best Regards > > -- > Tobias A Schula > Forestry Expert > > geospat...@schula.org > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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