GEOGRAPHY_ DISTANCE
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This function takes in two geospatial objects and measures the shortest distance between them, in meters, using the standard metric for distance on a sphere.
Syntax
GEOGRAPHY_DISTANCE ( geo1, geo2 )
Arguments
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geo1, geo2: any valid geospatial object or WKT string: path, point or polygon.
Return Type
A double.
Examples
CREATE ROWSTORE TABLE neighborhoods (id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,name VARCHAR(64) NOT NULL,population INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,shape GEOGRAPHY NOT NULL,centroid GEOGRAPHYPOINT NOT NULL,index (shape) WITH (resolution = 8),index (centroid));INSERT INTO neighborhoods VALUES(1, "Hamilton", 12346, "POLYGON((1 1,2 1,2 2, 1 2, 1 1))","POINT(1.5 1.5)"),(2, "Probability Bay", 263951, "POLYGON((5 1,6 1,6 2,5 2,5 1))", "POINT(5.5 1.5)"),(3, "Decentralized Park", 29265, "POLYGON((5 5,6 5,6 6,5 6,5 5))", "POINT(5.5 5.5)"),(4, "Axiom Township", 845696, "POLYGON((1 5,2 5,2 6,1 6,1 5))", "POINT(1.5 5.5)"),(5, "Elegant Island ", 987654, "POLYGON((3 3,4 3,4 4,3 4,3 3))", "POINT(3.5 3.5)");
SELECT b.name AS neighbor,ROUND(GEOGRAPHY_DISTANCE(a.shape, b.shape), 0) AS distance_from_borderFROM neighborhoods a, neighborhoods bWHERE a.id = 2ORDER BY 1;
+---------------------+----------------------+
| neighbor | distance_from_border |
+---------------------+----------------------+
| Axiom Township | 471030.0 |
| Decentralized Park | 333399.0 |
| Elegant Island | 157090.0 |
| Hamilton | 333195.0 |
| Probability Bay | 0.0 |
+---------------------+----------------------+
Related Topics
For more information about working with geospatial data, see Working with Geospatial Features.
Last modified: February 23, 2023