v.parallel(1grass)

v.parallel1grass

Creates parallel line to input vector lines.

Usage

v.parallel

v.parallel --help

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

Keywords

vector, geometry, buffer, line

Overview

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

Notes

Usage of -b flag will overrule the side parameter.

Known issues

There is a problem with side-offset parallel line generation for inside corners. To avoid this problem, the -b flag might be used.

Source code

Available at: v.parallel source code (history)

Accessed: Monday Feb 24 17:51:21 2025

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Releases

9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 8 times.

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Authors

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

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