[GRASS-dev] the function of v.buffer `minordistance' option

[Moritz Lennert]

On 03/06/14 19:59, Maciej Sieczka wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Anybody knows what is the v.buffer's `minordistance' option supposed to do?
>
> The manual is not verbose about that, but as I understand it, together
> with `distance', it should allow to create a buffer with different
> extent along the minor and major axis, considering the specified `angle'
> of their rotation.
>
> But none of the options works as that - the buffer size always equals
> the `distance', and the other 2 options make no difference if used or
> not an set to what.
>
> BTW, it seems that -s, -c flags also don't have any effect on the output.
>
> Did I get it wrong or maybe there's something broken?

In NC dataset:

v.buffer schools_wake out=testbuf distance=500 minordistance=250

gives me the attached buffers. Everything seems to work fine here...

Could you be more specific about what exactly is not working for you ?

Moritz
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