Feature request #9363

Buffer tool should provide a way of using Units other than data source units

Added by Devdatta Tengshe about 10 years ago. Updated almost 7 years ago.

Status:Open
Priority:Low
Assignee:-
Category:Vectors
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:
Easy fix?:No Copied to github as #:17963

Description

Often I have data in Geographic Lat-long and want to buffer them to 1km or something similar.

The current way to do this, is to export that layer to a new layer with the appropriate projection, and then buffer the expoted data. This is not convenient, and not at all user-friendly.

I'll rather prefer that an option be available, where the user can select the distance and if it in different units/projection, then maybe the user can select the projection in which to buffer.

This will be much more user friendly, than the current procedure.

P.S. I searched and found only this bug(#8136), but it was closed as it was more of a question.

History

#1 Updated by Giovanni Manghi almost 7 years ago

  • Easy fix? set to No

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