[GRASS-dev] Vect_line_buffer tolerance setting

[Hamish]

Maris:
> I was going to use Vect_line_buffer function but was unable to
> understand it's tolerance parameter. Could somebody
> extend a bit documentation to make it more clean what does it mean.

I am not 100% sure,

> For my module I need to create buffer around line without any "round
> caps" at line end -> buffer must look like square and not extend
> beyond input line end. Ideas how to tweak tolerance setting
> to get such functionality out of Vect_line_buffer?

maybe 'v.parallel distance=' for both left and right side of line?

or v.segment / v.lrs.segment with offset.


Hamish