Buffer a line or other work around ideas.

[PhilBlondin]

I'm trying to figure out a good way to zoom to a road intersection.  In arcmap, i queried two roads, buffered and intersected them and zoomed to the intersecting poly.  This worked well especially if you had a road that was not snapped or roads that may have intersected more than once.  So I'm trying to figure this out in mobile and I do not see a way to buffer a line.  Any suggestions on how would accomplish this by thinking outside the box.  There won't be any geometry service to run and roads may not be connected.  What do you think is the best way to go about this?  Thanks

[AkhilParujanwala]

Hi,

You may be able to use a graphic layer to emulate a buffer.
Here's how it works in theory.

1) Select the road.
2) Click a button that will create a buffer of the desired radius.
3) A graphic layer will overlay the feature, simulating a buffer.

I have personally done something similar with a point, but I wasn't trying to create buffer, I was merely putting a graphic layer on top to change the colour of the point.
I was able to set the size of the graphic layer point, that just appears on top of the feature.

This is the best I could come up with, but I don't know if this will work with lines or even intersections.
This also assumes the section of the road is a separate feature in which you can buffer/overlay a graphic layer.