[GRASS-user] Documentation of distances in v.buffer?

[Moritz Lennert]

On 17/05/17 16:20, Nikos Alexandris wrote:
> Dear community,
>
> in v.buffer there is distance and minordistance (see manual).
> Perhaps this can be better explained.
>
> Is there an on-the-fly identification of the longest and shortest axis
> of the vector shape to be buffered?  Does this apply only to certain
> types?

This only makes sens for buffers around points, AFAIU: if you only 
supply 'distance' you get circular buffers, if you also supply 
'minordistance' you get ellipsoidal buffers.

Moritz