Human geography examines the dynamics of cultures, societies and
economies, and physical geography examines the dynamics of
physical landscapes and the environment.
In this blog i am going to explain what are the new Geography
features available in MySQL 8.0
Major Difference in MySQL 5.7 & 8.0 Geography :
There is a big change from MySQL 5.7 to 8.0 when it comes to
spatial data, it’s support, multiple
spatial reference systems and geographic
computations.
This means that the SRIDs of geometries actually have meaning and
affect computations. In 5.7 and earlier, however, the
SRIDs(spatial reference identifier) are ignored, and all
computations are Cartesian.
What’s new in MySQL 8.0?
* Introduced ellipsoid computation
instead of flat plane cartesian.
* Introduced multiple spatial reference systems. …
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