Extracting coordinates from shapefile using QGIS? [closed]

Question

I have a shapefile and spatial coordinate file. I wish to extract information for each coordinate from shapefile. Is it possible in QGIS?

I have 19 coordinate points and I'm trying to extract soil type data for each coordinate. Shapefile is polygon and coordinate file is .txt. I'm trying to extract information precisely for each coordinate.

Answer 1

As commented by @Michael Stimson, if the point data in text format or CSV format you need to import them into QGIS. To do that, here is the process:

• Import them using Add Delimited Text Layer
• Choose the correct delimiter, X Field and Y Field
• Save the file as shapefile and choose the correct CRS that matches the polygon shapefile

• Now, there are different methods to extract polygon attribute into the point shapefile:

a. Using Intersect tool from Vector -> Geoprocessing tools -> intersect

b. Using Add polygon attributes to points tools from SAGA -> Vector point tools -> Add polygon attributes to points

c. Using Join attributes by location from Vector -> Data Management tools -> Join attributes by location.