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I use the Python sqlite3 library as well as the SQLite3 CLI. I am also using the Distance function with the use_ellipsoid parameter, to get the distance between two geometries in meters.

Whenever the geometries touch, I get NULL instead of 0.0 m distance. The exact value of use_ellipsoid does not matter.

An example:

.load 'mod_spatialite.so'
SELECT InitSpatialMetaData(1);
SELECT DISTANCE(MakePoint(13.41, 52.525), MakePoint(13.41, 52.525), 1);

It just returns NULL, respectively, None in Python. If I change one of the points, everything seems to work fine, so it is not a CRS issue.

Is this supposed to be like this? Am I doing or expecting something wrong?

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What is your SpatiaLite version? The query works for me with SpatiaLite 5.0.0-beta0 but not with version 4.3.0a.

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  • Indeed, I run libspatialite 4.3.0a. The fact that it works with 5.0.0 beta is interesting.
    – Heap Underflow
    Commented Apr 29, 2020 at 21:47
  • SpatiaLite is a project that is under continuous development. It might be good if the list of the SQL functions had a field to tell since which version the newest functions are available. This list gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/spatialite-sql-latest.html, despite the title of the page, has many functions which were not in 4.3.0.
    – user30184
    Commented Apr 30, 2020 at 7:27
  • I edited my question to contain a more precise link to the docs for 4.3.0. However, this changes nothing about my expectations towards Distance. I'll consider this as a bug then.
    – Heap Underflow
    Commented Apr 30, 2020 at 17:09
  • It may be a bug but I do not believe that it will be fixed ever into the 4.3 version.
    – user30184
    Commented Apr 30, 2020 at 19:40

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