City Limit Data Converter
Enter the name and population of the city above, then list the coordinates. Coordinates can be obtained this way:
- In QGIS open QuickOSM (green magnification glass)
- Key=boundary, Value=administrative, enter city name, Run
- Select city polygon, Vector - Geometry Tools - Simplify // use 0,005
- Edit mode (pencil), Vertex tool
- Mouse right-click on layer to lock it, hold mouse left button to select vertices, Del to remove unneeded vertices (outer boundaries)
- Vector - Geoprocessing Tools - Dissolve (Advanced Options - Skip (ignore) features with invalid geometries)
- Processing Toolbox - search for "vert", select Extract vertices
- Select extracted vertices layer, mouse right-click, Export - Save Features as
- CSV, filename, deselect all, Layer Options - Geometry - AS_YX
- Paste the list of coordinates from the CSV into the field on the right.