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Solve Mysql Spatial error

Converting shp2mysql will leads an null value in geom filed. how to rectify the the problem. shp2mysql -s 32643 landuse landuse LIS >landuse.sql
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Does MySQL only support bounding boxes calculations instead of the real polygon geometry?

Within our company we are deciding which DBMS we will use to store spatial data. IT wants MySQL with the Spatial extension because there is already knowledge about handling MySQL DB. We are doing ...
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MySQL GeoSpatial function for ST_Distance_Spheroid? Metric used in return Type of GLength?

Is there a ST_Distance_Sphere, ST_Distance_Spheroid equivalent function in MySQL's GeoSpatial Support? If not, any way to emulate this? What is the metric used in return type of ...
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How to speed up this simple MySQL points in the box query

MySQL doesn't have nearest neighbor search so. So I try to come up with a "distance" that's reasonable so the number of returned query is around 20-200. That way innodb doesn't have to compute ...
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MySQL SQL command to find points within a rectangle with spatial extension and index [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: how to find 20 closest points efficiently How to find points, sort them based on closeness, and get 1-20, 21-40, etc. Efficiently using Myisam and mysql Actually I ...
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how to find 20 closest points efficiently

Say I want to find 20 closest business near me. My table structure is like this: BusinessID varchar(250) utf8_unicode_ci No None Browse distinct values Change Drop ...
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Poor Performance when using Spatial Indexes in MySQL

Re-post of a question asked on Stack Overflow when it was suggested this would be a better forum. I'm trying a little experiment at pushing a data set which is not geo-spatial but fits it quite well ...
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Would PostGIS offer an advantage over MySQL for a produce farm application?

I have a web app that stores the locations of farms in West Michigan. You can search for a product (e.g. "broccoli") and it will show you all the farms that grow that product. Right now I'm using ...