NAME

       v.buffer  - Creates a buffer around features of given type (areas must contain centroid).

KEYWORDS

       vector, buffer

SYNOPSIS

       v.buffer
       v.buffer help
       v.buffer   [-sc]   input=name  output=name   [type=string[,string,...]]    [layer=integer]
       [distance=float]        [minordistance=float]        [angle=float]        [bufcolumn=name]
       [scale=float]     [tolerance=float]     [debug=string]     [buffer=float]    [--overwrite]
       [--verbose]  [--quiet]

   Flags:
       -s
           Make outside corners straight

       -c
           Don't make caps at the ends of polylines

       --overwrite
           Allow output files to overwrite existing files

       --verbose
           Verbose module output

       --quiet
           Quiet module output

   Parameters:
       input=name
           Name of input vector map

       output=name
           Name for output vector map

       type=string[,string,...]
           Feature type
           Options: point,line,boundary,centroid,area
           Default: point,line,area

       layer=integer
           Layer number
           A single vector map  can  be  connected  to  multiple  database  tables.  This  number
           determines which table to use.
           Default: 1

       distance=float
           Buffer distance along major axis in map units

       minordistance=float
           Buffer distance along minor axis in map units

       angle=float
           Angle of major axis in degrees
           Default: 0

       bufcolumn=name
           Name of column to use for buffer distances

       scale=float
           Scaling factor for attribute column values
           Default: 1.0

       tolerance=float
           Maximum distance between theoretical arc and polygon segments as multiple of buffer
           Default: 0.01

       debug=string
           This does nothing. It is retained for backwards compatibility

       buffer=float
           This is an alias to the distance option. It is retained for backwards compatibility
           Buffer distance in map units

DESCRIPTION

       v.buffer  creates  a  buffer  around  features of given type, which have a category in the
       given layer. The tolerance controls the number of vector  segments  being  generated  (the
       smaller the value, the more vector segments are generated).

NOTES

       Attributes  are  not transferred due to potential buffer overlap, which cannot be resolved
       automatically.

EXAMPLES

   Buffer around input lines

       v.buffer input=map output=buffer type=line distance=100

   Circles around input points

       v.buffer input=pointsmap output=circles type=point distance=1000

   Non-overlapping circles around input points with attribute transfer

       v.buffer input=archsites output=circles type=point distance=200
       # change original points to centroids:
       v.type in=archsites out=archcentroids type=point,centroid
       # patch circles and centroids:
       v.patch in=archcentroids,circles out=circles_db
       # attach attributes, either use
       # db.copy ...
       # or link to the original table:
       v.db.connect map=circles_db table=archsites field=1 key=cat driver=dbf \
       database='$GISDBASE/$LOCATION_NAME/$MAPSET/dbf'

SEE ALSO

        r.buffer, v.extract, v.type, v.patch, v.db.connect

AUTHORS

       Radim Blazek
       Rewritten by Rosen Matev (with support through the Google Summer of Code program 2008)

       Last changed: $Date: 2011-11-08 01:42:51 -0800 (Tue, 08 Nov 2011) $

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