[GRASS-user] fixing overlapping areas with snap and min_area

[Tyler Smith]

Markus Metz writes:

> Maybe the documentation needs some clarification: the min_area applies to
> input polygons, not to output areas, i.e. input polygons smaller than
> min_area are dropped. If you want to get rid off output areas smaller than
> min_area=10, you need to use v.clean tool=rmarea threshold=10.

I see, thank you for the clarification. 

> There is no general answer if these overlapping areas are critical or not,
> it depends mostly on whether overlapping areas are allowed at all.

Ok. I'll have to play around with my analysis to see if it causes any
problems.

Best,

Tyler