I used below query from http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/219805
SET @center = GeomFromText( 'POINT(39.78824896727801 30.50930339115439)' ) ;# MySQL returned an empty result set (i.e. zero rows). SET @radius = 0.005;# MySQL returned an empty result set (i.e. zero rows). SET @bbox = GeomFromText( CONCAT( 'POLYGON((', X( @center ) - @radius , ' ', Y( @center ) - @radius , ',', X( @center ) + @radius , ' ', Y( @center ) - @radius , ',', X( @center ) + @radius , ' ', Y( @center ) + @radius , ',', X( @center ) - @radius , ' ', Y( @center ) + @radius , ',', X( @center ) - @radius , ' ', Y( @center ) - @radius , '))' ) ) ;# MySQL returned an empty result set (i.e. zero rows). SELECT astext( point ) , Distance( @center , point ) AS dist FROM psn.psn_place WHERE MBRContains( @bbox , point ) ORDER BY dist LIMIT 10; I don't know type of 'dist' in this result, I need 'dist' column in meter format. +------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | astext( point ) | dist | +------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | POINT(39.7872360228843 30.5097413063049) | 0.00110355155014048 | | POINT(39.7872648779901 30.5084055662155) | 0.00133211161219657 | | POINT(39.7871288466708 30.5080997943878) | 0.00164417619226759 | +------------------------------------------+---------------------+ On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Onur UZUN <onuruzu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Distance between two points. but in which type? and how can i convert this > value to meter?