NAME¶

v.parallel - Creates parallel line to input vector lines.

KEYWORDS¶

vector, geometry, buffer

SYNOPSIS¶

v.parallel v.parallel help v.parallel [-rb] input=name output=name distance=float [minordistance=float] [angle=float] side=string [tolerance=float] [--overwrite] [-- verbose] [--quiet]

Flags:¶

-r

 

Make outside corners round

-b

 

Create buffer-like parallel lines

--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

distance=float

 

Offset along major axis in map units

minordistance=float

 

Offset along minor axis in map units

 

Options: 0-100000000

angle=float

 

Angle of major axis in degrees

 

Default: 0

side=string

 

Side

 

Options: left,right,both

 

Default: right

 

left: Parallel line is on the left

 

right: Parallel line is on the right

 

both: Parallel lines on both sides

tolerance=float

 

Tolerance of arc polylines in map units

 

Options: 0-100000000

DESCRIPTION¶

v.parallel creates parallel lines to the input vector lines which can be used as half-buffers.

SEE ALSO¶

v.buffer

AUTHORS¶

Radim Blazek Rewritten by Rosen Matev (with support through the Google Summer of Code program 2008) Last changed: $Date: 2011-11-08 10:42:51 +0100 (Tue, 08 Nov 2011) $ Full index © 2003-2014 GRASS Development Team