Definición
ST_Buffer toma un objeto de geometría y distancia, y devuelve un objeto de geometría que es la zona de influencia en torno a objeto de origen.
Sintaxis
Oracle 11g
sde.st_buffer (geometry sde.st_geometry, distance double_precision) sde.st_buffer (geometry sde.st_geometry, distance double, varchar2 unit_name)
PostgreSQL
sde.st_buffer (geometry sde.st_geometry, distance double_precision) sde.st_buffer (geometry sde.st_geometry, distance double, text unit_name)
SQLite
st_buffer (geometry geometryblob, distance double_precision) st_buffer (geometry geometryblob, distance double, text unit_name)
Unit_name es la unidad de medida de la distancia de zona de influencia (por ejemplo, metros, kilómetros, pies o millas). Consulte la primera tabla del archivo Projected coordinate system tables.pdf, que está disponible en Qué son los sistemas de coordenadas proyectadas en la Ayuda de ArcMap.
Tipo de devolución
Oracle y PostgreSQL
ST_Geometry
SQLite
Geometryblob
Ejemplo
En este ejemplo se crean dos tablas, sensitive_areas y hazardous_sites; rellena las tablas; utiliza ST_Buffer para generar una zona de influencia alrededor de los polígonos en la tabla hazardous_sites; y se encuentra donde las zonas de influencia superpongan los polígonos sensitive_areas.
Oracle 11g
CREATE TABLE sensitive_areas (
 id integer,
 zone sde.st_geometry
); 
CREATE TABLE hazardous_sites (
 site_id integer,
 name varchar(40),
 location sde.st_geometry
); 
INSERT INTO SENSITIVE_AREAS VALUES (
 1,
 sde.st_polygon ('polygon ((20 30, 30 30, 30 40, 20 40, 20 30))', 4326)
);
INSERT INTO SENSITIVE_AREAS VALUES (
 2,
 sde.st_polygon ('polygon ((30 30, 30 50, 50 50, 50 30, 30 30))', 4326)
);
INSERT INTO SENSITIVE_AREAS VALUES (
3,
sde.st_polygon ('polygon ((40 40, 40 60, 60 60, 60 40, 40 40))', 0)
);
INSERT INTO HAZARDOUS_SITES VALUES (
 102,
 'W. H. KleenareChemical Repository',
 sde.st_pointfromtext ('point (60 60)', 4326) 
); 
SELECT sa.id "Sensitive Areas", hs.name "Hazardous Sites"
 FROM SENSITIVE_AREAS sa, HAZARDOUS_SITES hs
 WHERE sde.st_overlaps (sa.zone, sde.st_buffer (hs.location, .01)) = 1;
PostgreSQL
CREATE TABLE sensitive_areas (
 id serial,
 zone sde.st_geometry
); 
CREATE TABLE hazardous_sites (
 site_id serial,
 name varchar(40),
 location sde.st_geometry
); 
INSERT INTO sensitive_areas (zone) VALUES (
 sde.st_polygon ('polygon ((20 30, 30 30, 30 40, 20 40, 20 30))', 4326)
);
INSERT INTO sensitive_areas (zone) VALUES (
 sde.st_polygon ('polygon ((30 30, 30 50, 50 50, 50 30, 30 30))', 4326)
);
INSERT INTO sensitive_areas (zone) VALUES (
 sde.st_polygon ('polygon ((40 40, 40 60, 60 60, 60 40, 40 40))', 4326)
);
INSERT INTO hazardous_sites (name, location) VALUES (
 'W. H. KleenareChemical Repository',
 sde.st_point ('point (60 60)', 4326) 
); 
SELECT sa.id AS "Sensitive Areas", hs.name AS "Hazardous Sites"
 FROM sensitive_areas sa, hazardous_sites hs
 WHERE sde.st_overlaps (sa.zone, sde.st_buffer (hs.location, .01)) = 't';
Sensitive Areas                Hazardous Sites
             3                W.H. KleenareChemical Repository
SQLite
CREATE TABLE sensitive_areas (
 id integer primary key autoincrement not null
); 
SELECT AddGeometryColumn (
 NULL,
 'sensitive_areas',
 'zone',
 4326,
 'polygon',
 'xy',
 'null'
);
CREATE TABLE hazardous_sites (
 site_id integer primary key autoincrement not null, 
 name varchar(40)
); 
SELECT AddGeometryColumn (
 NULL,
 'hazardous_sites',
 'location',
 4326,
 'point',
 'xy',
 'null'
);
INSERT INTO sensitive_areas (zone) VALUES (
 st_polygon ('polygon ((20 30, 30 30, 30 40, 20 40, 20 30))', 4326)
);
INSERT INTO sensitive_areas (zone) VALUES (
 st_polygon ('polygon ((30 30, 30 50, 50 50, 50 30, 30 30))', 4326)
);
INSERT INTO sensitive_areas (zone) VALUES (
 st_polygon ('polygon ((40 40, 40 60, 60 60, 60 40, 40 40))', 4326)
);
INSERT INTO hazardous_sites (name, location) VALUES (
 'W. H. KleenareChemical Repository',
 st_point ('point (60 60)', 4326) 
); 
SELECT sa.id AS "Sensitive Areas", hs.name AS "Hazardous Sites"
 FROM sensitive_areas sa, hazardous_sites hs
 WHERE st_overlaps (sa.zone, st_buffer (hs.location, .01)) = 1;
Sensitive Areas                Hazardous Sites
             3                W.H. KleenareChemical Repository