[GRASS-user] Re: Points buffering without dissolve query (Roy Sanderson)

[Richard Chirgwin]

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> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:53:57 +0000
> From: Roy Sanderson<r.a.sanderson at newcastle.ac.uk>
> Subject: [GRASS-user] Points buffering without dissolve query
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> Dear All
>
> I have someone with a GRASS map of several thousand points which we wish
> to buffer around each point 1km, but without dissolving buffer circles
> into each other (some points are less than 1 km apart).  Then we plan to
> overlay the buffers onto a raster map, and extract the raster cell
> composition information within each buffer into a separate file
> (rows-sites; columns-raster categories within each buffer).
> Unfortunately, this should ideally work on a Windows version of GRASS
> (end-user request), although as I use Linux this may still provide a
> solution otherwise.
>
> I would be grateful for any advice on the appropriate method (GRASS 6.4)
>
> Many thanks
> Roy
Roy,

When v.buffer was re-written, someone removed the "debug=buffer" option 
which would have given you exactly what you wanted.

However, if you are on Linux, there is a solution. Go to the source of 
an older version, even one of the early 6.4 release candidates, and get 
the source code of v.buffer.

You can give it a new name - I use v.oldbuffer - and compile it as this.

You can then run it as v.oldbuffer and use debug=buffer to get the 
"undissolved" output. I use this quite frequently when I have a very 
large number of overlapping buffers, because Grass can stall when it's 
trying to clean the output.

Richard