Re: [udig-users] is it possible to select many features with CQL then mo

[Jody Garnett <jody.garnett@xxxxxxxxx>]

I believe so; here is one idea:
- select the features using a filter
- right click on the selection (on the Map or in the Table Editor) and 
choose copy
- paste the features into a new scratch layer (see walkthrough 2 for how 
to set up a scratch layer)
- in the scratch use the edit feature tool to edit multiple features 
(you may be able to draw a box; or you may need to select several 
features by holding down shift?)
- move the features
- copy and paste the featues back into your origional file

Here is a better ideas:
- Select the features and export the selection to a new shapefile
- open that new shapefile and choose the reshape operation
- when you fill in the blanks for reshape you will see something like 
"the_geom=the_geom"; see if there is a function you can call to move the 
geometry "the_geom=move( the_geom, 3.0, 3.0 )"
- If a function does not exist for this purpose we should make you 
one... (you can check the function list in the user guide under the 
"Concepts" page)

Cheers,
Jody

Bishop Bettini wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am using v1.1-rc14 on Linux.  I have a shape file that has many 
> small features.  I would like to select many of features using CQL, 
> then treat the selection as a "group" for editing.  Specifically, I 
> want to move all selected features to a different location.
>
> I've checked the online help, this list archive, asked on IRC, and 
> made a general google search.  I saw only one reference to where 
> "Jesse demonstrated this", but I can't see if or how it's possible.  
> So, is this possible?  If so, how?
>
> Thanks!
> bishop