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This question is a duplicate of this: How to select only polygons that overlap with another layer?

But in my question I want to know how to do this in QGIS not in ArcGIS. I want to be able to select shapes in one layer if they intersect /overlap shapes in another layer.

Intersection does not work because it gives me these odd silver polygons:

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Because both the shapefiles are not perfectly aligned, it gives those small odd shapes, I would like to instead select entire shapes and not intersect the layers.

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  • Can you share the data? From what you're describing and from what I can see of the data above, the intersect operation is proceeding as one would expect. Jul 24, 2019 at 14:38
  • yes exactly, that is why I do not want to intersect, I just want to select the shapes
    – Koo
    Jul 24, 2019 at 14:50
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    Use select by location with "intersects" as the geometry predicate. This will select the intersecting polygons without cutting them.
    – csk
    Jul 24, 2019 at 14:59
  • Thank you, that is what I needed!
    – Koo
    Jul 25, 2019 at 7:38
  • @csk could you write an answer up so I can accept?
    – Koo
    Jul 26, 2019 at 13:49

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Use the Select by location tool from the Processing Toolbox. Use "intersects" as the geometry predicate. This will select the intersecting polygons without cutting them.

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If you want to extract the intersecting polygons to a separate layer, you can either

  • use the select by location tool to select the intersecting polygons, then right click on the layer > export > export selected features
  • or use the extract by location tool to extract the intersecting polygons in one step

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