Inspiration: this post on the JSTS group (with an image - good job on requirements!)
JTS implementation: in the lab
Code: Geometry geom = VariableWidthBuffer.buffer( line, 10, 80 );
Output:
photostream 130
3 days ago
Because the shortest distance between two thoughts is a straight line
In the interests of increasing blog output, I'm going to experiment with using a terser style in posts where the content is mostly self-explanatory. Sort of an embedded microblog...