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A region enclosing a point, line, or polygon at a specified distance.

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How to Change the buffer distance from degrees to meters in QGIS 2.14 Essen?

I am trying to use the geoprocessing tool Buffer(s) on a layer to dissolve any overlapping polygons by a certain buffer distance. … I understand that the buffer tool always uses the layer units, but I am not very familiar with the different projections/datums and I had thought that NAD83/UTM zone 13N worked with meters. …
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How to Change the buffer distance from degrees to meters in QGIS 2.14 Essen?

I have confirmed my projections and buffer are meters, and the problem I was seeing was just the fact that I was also trying to "dissolve buffer results." …
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