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In QGIS I have a csv-file which contains lat/long-coordinates and population data for each coordinate. I also have a shapefile containing certain regional districts, in my case US counties.

Now I want to add a column to my csv-file which in addition to the coordinates specifies the county of the coordinate point.

Since there are no common attributes to join on, how should I proceed using QGIS?

Thanks a bunch,

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  • Other than Attribute-join you could also join by location (as in point-within-polygon). Have a look at the Join-Attributes-by-Location tool in QGIS or the PointSampling Plugin (which also works for vectorlayers)
    – Curlew
    May 20, 2014 at 11:27

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You can use use Join Attributes By location tool in the Vector/Data Management tools. It will create a new shapefile, but you can export its attribute table and create a new CSV.

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