[GRASS-dev] r34409: Replace r.buffer with a script using r.grow.distance

[Glynn Clements]

Glynn Clements wrote:

> > re. r34409: Replace r.buffer with a script using r.grow.distance
> > 
> > I am wondering, does r.grow.distance do the right thing in Lat/Lon?
> 
> No.
> 
> I'll look into adding metric=geodesic, but I'm not entirely certain
> that it's compatible with the algorithm.

Done, and modified the r.buffer script to use it. The results appear
to be identical to the C version.

> > If not, then the C version of r.buffer still has an important advantage
> > and should stay.
> 
> For now, I'll re-enable it, renamed to r.buffer2. It shouldn't be the
> default, as it reads the entire map into memory.

Also done.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>