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MySQL has long been the number one open source database in terms of adoption. Its high-performance, stable, and highly available architecture has always been the most preferred open source databases for OLTP applications. As Oracle continues to invest, many interesting new features have appeared in few latest MySQL releases, some of them are not well known to most MySQL users, which include GIS features. This session will introduce you to the GIS data types and GIS features in MySQL version 8.0, and how to apply them to MySQL applications. I will use a simple application to show you how to use MySQL GIS to add spatial awareness to a typical OLTP application. After attending this session, you can learn how to use MySQL's GIS features to extend a typical MySQL application into a system that can respond accordingly to users based on the location.
