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I have two layers, one polygons of boundaries (similar to say local government areas) and a point layer of hospitals. I want to select all of the hospitals within a particular area (ie a particular polygon attribute). This could be to a new shapefile but the next step is I want to export a list.

I know how to export attribute features to CSV but how do I select only the points within one boundary area?

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If the both layers have the same projection, you can use Join Attribute by location from Vector -> Data Management Tool -> Join Attributes by location. Try to use "Take attributes of first located feature" as shown below:

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  • Target vector layer is the point layer (hospitals)
  • Join vector layer is the polygon layer

Then save the out data as shapefile. You can them export the output shapefile as CSV by Right-click the layer in the table of contents -> Save as -> Choose CSV from the Format list.

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  • Thanks - your first requirement "If the both layers have the same projection" just helped me figure out why I kept getting zero matches!
    – onlyjsmith
    Commented Mar 12, 2021 at 10:27

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