FUNCTION ST_Distance_Sphere does not exist in MariaDB

Question

I want get all locations around my location but the function ST_Distance_Sphere does not work.

My query:

select *, astext(location) as locat         


        

Answer 1

http://mysql.rjweb.org/doc.php/find_nearest_in_mysql#gcdistdeg

That blog discusses multiple ways of "finding nearest" on the globe in MySQL/MariaDB. As part of that discussion, I developed that Stored Function.