Hello,
I am using Python API to geocode a list of address, then buffer the geocoded address by 1 mile, what I have so far:
addlist<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'adress1'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>
<SPAN class="string token">'address2'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>
<SPAN class="string token">'address3'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN>
bgeocode<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN>batch_geocode<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>addlist<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="keyword token">for</SPAN> address <SPAN class="keyword token">in</SPAN> bgeocode<SPAN class="punctuation token">:</SPAN>
poly<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN>buffer<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>geometries<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN>Geometry<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>address<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'location'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>in_sr<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">3857</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>
distances<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">1</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN>unit<SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'Miles'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">0</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN>
m1<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>draw<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>poly<SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>
<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN><SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>
The result:

Now my question is why the result buffer looks like an ellipse not a circle? also, the circles are more than 1 mile ? is there another method to buffer the address and show them on the map, because here I am using the buffer for each address?
Thank you,
Ahmad