Question

I’m storing lat/long pairs in MySQL as a point using something like:

GeomFromText('POINT(32 -122)')

Given the point, how do i retrieve the individual X/Y coordinates?

Answer 1

Let’s say you store GeomFromText('POINT(32 -122)') as a column called MY_POINT in a table called MY_TABLE.

Getting the X coordinate (will return 32 in this example):

SELECT ST_X(MY_POINT) as longitude FROM MY_TABLE;

Getting the Y coordinate (will return -122 in this example):

SELECT ST_Y(MY_POINT) as latitude FROM MY_TABLE;

Important: Prior to version 5.6, use X() and Y() instead of ST_X() and ST_Y().