creation of polygons from points

[Alejandro Hinojosa Corona]

You could try v.cicle, here is a piece of the man page:

     v.circle - Creates one or more "polygon" circles in a binary
     vector file.  These circles are created using each point
     from an existing "site_lists" file as the centers for those
     circles.  There is one circle created per "site_lists"
     point.
     (GRASS Vector Program)

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Alejandro Hinojosa
Research Associate
Earth Sciences Division
CICESE (Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y Educacion Superior de Ensenada)
Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.

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