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Goal: Buffering line features, where the buffer "ends" when an other buffer is about to overlap. Simply: Buffering without overlapping and creating a smooth border between the buffer.

My first Approach: buffering and working with thiesen polygons, but the boundary of thiessen is not smooth.

Is there a solution using QGIS?

This is my actual set up.

Buffers with overlap

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    which software are you working with?
    – Vale
    Commented Nov 8, 2018 at 15:05
  • You can Buffer normally and then remove the overlap using Erase (ArcGIS) or Difference (Postgis). Every GIS has this function.
    – klewis
    Commented Nov 8, 2018 at 15:19
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    I use ArcGIS, QGIS, SAGA-GIS. Erase is not a solution, because it would erase one buffer. The goal is something like buffering from both sides toward the "middle". This feature class contains two lines.
    – Michael
    Commented Nov 8, 2018 at 17:37

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I found a solution.

Steps as overview:

  1. Extract first and last node from lines
  2. Buffer those nodes
  3. Difference: Buffered Nodes and lines to cut lines out
  4. densify vertices of cutted lines
  5. Create Voronoi-Polygons and dissolve them by attribute of the lines
  6. Buffer lines and dissolve all
  7. Intersect Buffered Lines and dissolved Voronoi-Polygon
  8. Done

The workflow is a bit long, so I created a video.

QGIS Buffer line feature without overlapping polygons

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