[GRASS-user] v.buffer bug??

[Hamish]

Düster Horst wrote:
> When I buffer the attached line layer with 250 mapunits I get an
> unsiutable result. Take a look of the buffer_error.png image. You will
> see that the line at the mean right wasn't buffered correct. To
> reproduce this behavior I attach the original line layer. 
> 
> GRASS-6.1.0


This is a known bug, see the BUGS section in the v.buffer help page.

Work-around 1: make a buffer half the size, then buffer the result a
second time.

Work-around 2: v.to.rast, r.buffer, r.to.vect



Hamish