# GEOGRAPHY\_POINT

This function takes two floats or doubles and returns a `GeographyPoint` type.

Since all of SingleStore Helios’s topological and measurement functions can equally understand [WKT strings](https://docs.singlestore.com/cloud/developer-resources/functional-extensions/working-with-geospatial-features.md) and geospatial objects, this constructor is mainly for convenience. Note that the ordering in the input pair is significant, the first value is the longitude and the second value is the latitude.

## Syntax

```
GEOGRAPHY_POINT ( longitude, latitude )

```

## Arguments

* longitude: float or double describing the longitude in degrees. Values outside of the range \[-180, 180] will be wrapped around.
* latitude: float or double describing the latitude in degrees. Values outside of the range \[-90, 90] will trigger an error.

## Return Type

A `GeographyPoint` object.

## Examples

In this example, we use a “persisted” computed column to create an indexed GeographyPoint from a pair of floats. This technique is useful for bulk-loading geospatial data.

```sql
CREATE ROWSTORE TABLE geopoint (
  id INT UNSIGNED PRIMARY KEY,
  lon FLOAT,
  lat FLOAT,
  location AS GEOGRAPHY_POINT(lon, lat) PERSISTED GEOGRAPHYPOINT,
  INDEX(location)
  );
INSERT INTO geopoint VALUES(1, 50.01, 40.01);

```

```sql
SELECT * FROM geopoint;

```

```output

+----+-------+-------+--------------------------------+
| id | lon   | lat   | location                       |
+----+-------+-------+--------------------------------+
|  1 | 50.01 | 40.01 | POINT(50.00999831 40.00999832) |
+----+-------+-------+--------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
```

## Related Topics

For more information about working with geospatial data, see [Working with Geospatial Features](https://docs.singlestore.com/cloud/developer-resources/functional-extensions/working-with-geospatial-features.md).

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Modified at: February 24, 2023

Source: [/cloud/reference/sql-reference/geospatial-functions/geography-point/](https://docs.singlestore.com/cloud/reference/sql-reference/geospatial-functions/geography-point/)

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