title: Geo distance MySQL
body: <p>To search nearest locations to given locations, order by distance</p>
  
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  <li>Should I use float or Point?</li>
  <li>Should I pre-compute value of cos/sin/sqrt 
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  <li>My searches are various locations within one city.</li>
  <li>Many OLD posts are telling mysql is not having proper geo support, Is it true with latest MySQL version as well?</li>
  </ol>