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I have been using ArcMap for the last three years. But I am now considering switching to Quantum-GIS. Is it possible to create layers from selection in Q-GIS?

I am using QGIS 1.7.4-Wroclaw. I will appreciate any help kind of help (menu, plugin or other) in this direction. Thank you.

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It works a similar way to ArcGIS see johns answer. See more and more user/clients want to switch to QGIS- it is comparable to ArcView license and direct connect to PostGIS makes it better than ArcGIS in my book. – Mapperz♦ May 25 '12 at 14:29
If QGIS works similar to ArcGIS, I guess I will not have tough time switching – Stat-R May 25 '12 at 14:35
@Mapperz Can you please suggest me place where I can find standard tutorials? Googling does not seem to give me any comprehensive resource. – Stat-R May 25 '12 at 14:40

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After making a selection in a layer, right click on it and choose save selection as.

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Note that you can make a selection using the 'select' tool, but also can run queries directly on a layer with a right-click and selecting "Query..." and then construct a search (which will then hide items that don't match). "Save as" will then save just the displayed features. – Simbamangu May 25 '12 at 15:09
Using can be much quicker if you have lots of features that are spread out over the map. Saves selecting them one at a time, or using the inbuilt search. – Nathan W May 26 '12 at 2:35
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Or right-click on the layer, choose "Query", and write a SQL construct. This is analagous to creating a "Definition Query" in ArcGIS if you do not want to create an explicit new shapefile on disk.

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