[GRASS-user] square buffer from points

[Markus Neteler]

On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Simone Tenan <tenan.simone at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am looking for a way to create a square buffer for some points (with
> coordinates) so that each point is in the end the bottom left corner of a
> square with defined side length.
>
> Any idea how to achieve that? Or hints where to find relevant documents.

v.mkgrid could generated that
http://grass.osgeo.org/grass64/manuals/html64_user/v.mkgrid.html

Perhaps there are other ways, too (despite defining the coordinates and then
use v.in.ascii).

Markus