Shapes Buffer

A vector based buffer construction partly based on the method supposed by Dong et al. 2003.

References:
Dong, P, Yang, C., Rui, X., Zhang, L., Cheng, Q. (2003): 'An effective buffer generation method in GIS'. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International, Vol.6, p.3706-3708.
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Parameters

Shapes Input Shapes
Buffer Output Shapes
Buffer Distance Choice: Available choices: fixed value, attribute field
Buffer Distance (Fixed) Floating point
Buffer Distance (Attribute) Table field
Scaling Factor for Attribute Value Floating point
Number of Buffer Zones Integer: Minimum: 1.0
Circle Point Distance [Degree] Floating point: Minimum: 0.01; Maximum: 45.0
Dissolve Buffers Boolean