I'm trying to create "circles" by using the buffer function around a point.
The radius values i'm working with are in nautical miles. The definition
of a nautical mile is 1 minute of 1 degree.
Since this unit of measurement is based on a degree, and WSG84 is based
on degrees of lat/long (and not meters like UTM) will the following be
valid for a circle with a radius of 2 nautical miles around point
(72.3,-45.3)?
st_buffer(st_geomfromtext('POINT(-45.3 72.3)', 4326), 0.0166667*2)
I'm trying to troubleshoot a problem I'm having and want to rule out any
issues with my usage of buffer.
Blake
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