From 823e36e3ba4fad2bb434c1ab05b0787b8a17219b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Hern=C3=A1n=20De=20Angelis?= <51515911+dhdeangelis@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 13:02:55 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: v.buffer.html minor edits (#4744) --- vector/v.buffer/v.buffer.html | 19 ++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/vector/v.buffer/v.buffer.html b/vector/v.buffer/v.buffer.html index 06b2828cdfb..bdb6d1f231e 100644 --- a/vector/v.buffer/v.buffer.html +++ b/vector/v.buffer/v.buffer.html @@ -10,12 +10,13 @@

NOTES

Internal buffers for areas can be generated with negative distance values ("inward buffer" or "negative buffer" or "shrinking"). +

v.buffer fusions the geometries of buffers by default. Categories and attribute table will not be transferred (this would not make sense as one buffer geometry can be the result of many different input geometries). To transfer the categories and -attributes the user can set the t flag. This will result in +attributes the user can set the -t flag. This will result in buffers being cut up where buffers of individual input geometries overlap. Each part that is the result of overlapping buffers of multiple geometries will have multiple categories corresponding to @@ -29,11 +30,11 @@

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the GEOS library.

-For advanced users: built-in buffer algorithm no longer -desired, we use GEOS: If GRASS is not compiled with GEOS support -or environmental +For advanced users: the built-in buffer algorithm is no longer +used, as we use GEOS instead. If GRASS was not compiled with GEOS support +or the environmental variable GRASS_VECTOR_BUFFER is defined, then GRASS -generates buffers using built-in buffering algorithm (which is still +generates buffers using the built-in buffering algorithm (which is still buggy for some input data).

@@ -56,8 +57,8 @@

Corner settings

-Straight corners with caps are created by -s flag (red color on -the figure below), while -c flag doesn't make caps at the ends of +Straight corners with caps are created using the -s flag (red color on +the figure below), while the -c flag doesn't make caps at the ends of polylines (green color on the figure below):
@@ -65,8 +66,8 @@

Corner settings

-Using -s with a point vector map as input data, square buffers are -created instead of round buffers. +With a point vector map as input data, square buffers are created instead +of round buffers by using the -s flag.