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What is the unit of measurement used by Geometry class for it's buffer calculation ? Api doc currently defines it as " distance - the width of the buffer (may be positive, negative or 0)"

I need to draw polygons around a given Geometry with X miles away. Wondering if there is an easy way to do it with current set of GeoTools API.

Api : http://www.vividsolutions.com/jts/javadoc/com/vividsolutions/jts/geom/Geometry.html#buffer(double)

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  • I dont have enough reputation to post it as comment but it seems to me like your are looking for this: gis.stackexchange.com/questions/83199/… In this case I have a polygon and want to buffer it with a meter distance so you can adapt it easily for miles I guess.
    – MeiSign
    Jan 17, 2014 at 15:47

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The units of measurement is based on the underlying spatial reference. So, for example, if it is EPSG:4326 it is decimal degrees or if it EPSG:2037 it is meters.

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  • I tried the following code with GeoTools api CRSAuthorityFactory factory = CRS.getAuthorityFactory(true); CoordinateReferenceSystem crs = factory.createCoordinateReferenceSystem("EPSG:2037"); I get an exception as follows : org.opengis.referencing.FactoryException: Unit conversion from "DMS" to "°" is non-linear.
    – Madana Tamisetty
    Jul 13, 2012 at 23:55

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