[QGIS-trac] [Quantum GIS] #2088: Buffer produces incorrect results

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#2088: Buffer produces incorrect results
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   Reporter:  jaanvajakas                       |              Owner:  borysiasty
       Type:  bug                               |             Status:  new       
   Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |          Milestone:            
  Component:  Python plugins and bindings       |            Version:  1.3.0     
   Keywords:                                    |   Platform_version:            
   Platform:  Windows                           |           Must_fix:  No        
Status_info:  0                                 |  
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 To reproduce:
  1. Create a new project in QGIS.
  2. Add layer kirdem2.epg4326.shp using Layers -> Add vector layer...
  3. Tools -> Geoprocessing tools -> Buffer(s), set buffer distance to
 -0.00003, choose output file, click OK.

 Expected result: an inner buffer of the polygons in platte carree distance
 (not real distance, as interpreting degrees as meters would be ambiguous)

 Actual result: certainly not a buffer neither in platte carree distance
 nor in real geodetic distance nor any other projection. In some places,
 the buffer exceeds the original polygon border (see qgis_buffer_bug1.png);
 in some places, the buffer has "pixel artifacts" (qgis_buffer_bug1.png);
 some islands are missing altogether (qgis_buffer_bug2.png).

 The input data kirdem2.epg4326.shp is part of the publicly available
 dataset '01.09.2009a. asustusüksus SHP' (zip - 13,65 MB, 6.11.2009 ) on
 http://www.maaamet.ee/index.php?lang_id=1&page_id=272&menu_id=0
 (I cut a small part out and converted to EPSG:4326 using QGIS).

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2088>
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