title: SQL Server Geometry .STBuffer() distance measurement units
body: <p>This <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2971293/sql-server-2008-geography-stbuffer-distance-measurement-units">question</a> examines geography::STBuffer.  Expanding on David Storfer's comment, geometry fields are treated differently and have an entirely different set of <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/spatial-geometry/stbuffer-geometry-data-type" rel="nofollow noreferrer">documentation</a>.  However, that documentation doesn't explore the issue of units in great detail.  Our information contains SHAPE data stored as a geometry field so I need to know what units is geometry::STBuffer using? </p>