Yes, but keep in mind that the corners of your buffer will be rounded. Martin
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim O'Leary Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 10:54 AM To: mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org Subject: [mapguide-users] RE: Buffer rectangle So you could select a point, make a small rectangle from it, and then make a buffer, which would also be a rectangle. Thanks. Martin Morrison wrote: > > A buffer is going to be the shape of a set distance from the edge of the > object selected. If you select a point, you get a circle with a radius > the size of your buffer. If you select a polygon you will get the rough > shape of the polygon offset by the size of the buffer. > > Martin > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim O'Leary > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 10:38 AM > To: mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org > Subject: [mapguide-users] Buffer rectangle > > > Does MapGuide support rectangle buffers? It seems that the default > buffer it > produces is a circle. > > Thanks. > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Buffer-rectangle-tf4035927s16610.html#a11465564 > Sent from the MapGuide Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > mapguide-users mailing list > mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users > > _______________________________________________ > mapguide-users mailing list > mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Buffer-rectangle-tf4035927s16610.html#a11465860 Sent from the MapGuide Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ mapguide-users mailing list mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users _______________________________________________ mapguide-users mailing list mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users